Me too. It's very creative and adds a great deal to the worldbuilding, but it gives the TL a very dystopian feeling. Words do have power, and the ugliness of TTL's American language acts as a powerful reminder of how bleak the USA is here. But again, this is meant as praise for unique worldbuilding, not criticism.TTL's US-Newspeak makes me legitimately uncomfortable.
Actually, @CosmicAsh, two other points:Me too. It's very creative and adds a great deal to the worldbuilding, but it gives the TL a very dystopian feeling. Words do have power, and the ugliness of TTL's American language acts as a powerful reminder of how bleak the USA is here. But again, this is meant as praise for unique worldbuilding, not criticism.
Just a quick clarification: names of people and places are archaic, iirc. So Larry Hogan is still "Larry Hogan", and Cincinnati is still "Cincinnati." The words "Constitution", and "United States ov America" are also archaic. This only applies to the United States, however. So "United" taken out of the context "United States" is "Uenýted", and "States" is "Staits".or, should I say, Andru Kwomo
I wouldn't be too sure, there's definitely a few "Larri Hogan" spellings floating around.names of people and places are archaic
Why does "American" sound so much like f--ed up Dutch? This interests me because most of New Netherland looks like it would be in New England.
Manhattan at least is American, though you are right I’d guess the majority of the population of New Netherlands is in the current New England. So Dutch influences of New England English would make sense. Unless for some reason ITTL New Netherland was more westerly focused and actually settled the Delaware valley?
I think that the resemblance to Dutch is purely coincidental. Of course, depending on how far back the US/South Africa friendship goes, that may have some influence too.I think for me, the best way is to separate New York as New Netherlands if the Dutch had kept control of the colony. So, what's going on the Brooklyn? How would the New Englanders could see the New York and what does skyscrapers of Brooklyn would look like? Another N.Y. on the Brooklyn but I don't think New York Island is full of bedrock that allows skyscrapers to rise above the limits.
Yeah, it looks to me like ASE was simply meant as a break from the language conventions of the British, who in this timeline they loathe.I think ASE is just phonetic rather than Dutch/German influence or anything.
No, a snobby Brit would call it "American so-called English".To be clear here, "American Simplified English" isn't the official name- that's the name a snobbish Brit on the internet would give it. It's normally just called "American."
Or "Larri Hogin" if the last name were to be spelled phonetically as well.I wouldn't be too sure, there's definitely a few "Larri Hogan" spellings floating around.
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