Instead, we have pulled another linguistic switcharoo.
It is also an optional rule. Personally, I think it is a little OP since you can chose a feat on every race (a feat is essentially like a gift and Animal Crossing Items some are extremely strong), but in the end it's to make your character more flexible once you want to play with an Orc Wizard f.e. and don't have much use for your bonus strength.It's more fun because you can play any...