And I guess one could say it's not even worth the effort in a standard game  

Personally I am fine with this. It is a bit weird and really benefits only in survival of the fittest. Another one is the wonder swapping if you have a ally with diplomacy on: Let the ally capture your wonder, you build a new, change alliances recapture, enjoy having 2 wonders. Now help your ally doing this.

Good. It is easier then.

Hmm, the AI names of the other civs are always the Latinized versions.

Haha Yeah, similar thing happening with the Britons Kennel. I wonder if there's an Issue in gitea of this one?