I think I agree, at least an anglicized version of Comte(which may not be Count with the way things work). The East Map shows that most of the large and powerful nations that call themselves Counties are almost all around the Great Lakes and close to Quebecois territory(and if we're borrowing from the old thread a little, they might have been briefly conquered once or twice by them as well): Allegheny County, Genesee County, Peterborough County, and Kingston County, all around Lake Huron and Lake Eerie. So now we know where the styling of Count could come from there.
I had thought all of those were Commonwealths- especially Allegheny, considering it's descendant from the former Pennsylvania Commonwealth.
New England, on the other hand, is mostly republics and city-states, so they won't have as much use for the terms except to refer to others. But, any hereditary rulers scattered in that territory will likely appropriate those titles as well. On another note, I get the feeling that the New Englanders hate Quebec more than the Feudal states, after all they're probably doing everything they can to get in on Quebec's monopoly on trade through the St. Lawrence and to the Old World, as well as being a collection of small and seemingly easy targets whenever an expansionist Roi rises. Let's get some New England/New France hatred here.
Good (and funny) points. Perhaps the New Englandeers capture New Newfoundland (Brittany) and some port city (Calais)
I'll vote for using Potus in places too. It separates the Presidencies of the various feudal states and republics from the more impressive title of President of the Union. The Supreme Court acknowledges some Presidents, but has not yet chosen a "Potus" since the fall.
So they have had a Potus. So are we saying a Union can only apply to a restored (or semi restored) America? If so perhaps we need another name for Empire.
Possibly. Also, even the natural dialectal split and language shifts would eventually change these "Classical English" terms into something hardly recognizable for us. One more vowel shift would make English sound very different, and if spelling then followed the pronunciation, we'd end up with samtink veri wird.
(Speaking of which - is the "Classical English", i.e. the pre-Downfall American English, still the literary/canonical language as Classical Latin used to be in medieval Europe?)
If we're going by a mix of court and political terms, I would say District or Circuit would be the most likely names for a collection of counties. That would allow leaders to draw continuity to the state's old Congressional districts and court circuits, and territories that cross a number of state lines could draw continuity with the Supreme Court circuit districts, though the East map doesn't show any states that have enough dominance to accurately claim that(except maybe Ohio, which reaches into territory in all four of the 6th circuit's states.[/QUOTE]Good ideas here. Also, this reminds me; do all States' Loyals which practice Non-Denom vote on the President of the US/ Supreme Court? I wouldn't imagine so, only the Royals in America proper in addition to high ranking Church members.
Possibly. Also, even the natural dialectal split and language shifts would eventually change these "Classical English" terms into something hardly recognizable for us. One more vowel shift would make English sound very different, and if spelling then followed the pronunciation, we'd end up with samtink veri wird.
(Speaking of which - is the "Classical English", i.e. the pre-Downfall American English, still the literary/canonical language as Classical Latin used to be in medieval Europe?)
We've discussed the usual Lingua Franca being Murican
p) in the East at the very least. Spoken in Courts (or Cabinets, maybe? I like that as a term in medieval America) and among the Learned, and generally a Lingua Franca.
I think that the US would want to use the fanciest language possible- after all, they are the Church, they need to need to impress the filthy Peasants. Expect heavy use of long words, and archaic spellings and pronunciations, with heavy embellishment to make it sound fancier. As for accent, I imagine it being somehwere between a Midatlantic Accent and a Virginian Planter's accent. Proper pronunciation is very important in the States, and any Learned child can expect a lashing from the Mason that is teaching if he deviates.
It may hang on in California, possibly as the Scientology Liturgical language, and especially among the Geeks (do you expect them to write from shoddy folk accounts). Deseret possibly, though I imagine that like the constructed alphabet, they construct a language from it. The Horse Nomads have probably left it behind totally.
Yes, "judge" or derived terms is definitely a good candidate (it conveys authority), I thought about including it but forgot. In all likelihood, many and more different terms would be used, depending on cultural specifics of the given region of feudal America.
Hmm. Thinking on it, it may be abandoned more or less in the East. It will probably grow to become asscociated with the filthy Horsemen. I dunno, I think it's a good term. Maybe it's considered more archaic, and exists only in small enclaves.