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  1. AH Recurring Tropes, and the timelines that avert or subvert them

    Adding to this thought is the Anglization of the colonies in the U.S.. IMO, there a general magic wand waving that almost assumes that this would happen. I enjoy the threads which discuss the mantaining of language and cultures in the original colonies of the U.S; Dutch, Swedish, English with...

  2. What if American Jewish migrants eventually have a patois or mixed language created from English and Yiddish as their main native language?

    Having been raised in the northeast of the US with parents from Long Island who had many school friends who were Jewish and even as adults were close friends with a number of Jewish families, I know that my Italian-American mother and father probably used about 10 - 15 Yiddish slang words in...

  3. Why weren’t there more British expeditions against Spanish colonies 1796-1808?

    https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/the-impact-of-the-napoleonic-wars-in-britain https://www.britannica.com/place/United-Kingdom/The-Napoleonic-Wars

  4. No Cecil John Rhodes

    No Rhodes Scholarship. No Rhodes Scholar. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Scholarship Look at the butterflies going everywhere.......

  5. Why weren’t there more British expeditions against Spanish colonies 1796-1808?

    I would have to look for the sources, but if I recall correctly there are four reasons; Majority of the British Fleet was tied up blockading French ports along the English Channel, in the Mediterranean not to mention keeping an eye on the Spanish, Dutch and Danes. The British population was...

  6. Have Lacrosse as a Major League sport akin to the Big Four/Big Five (Baseball, Basketball, Gridiron Football, Hockey and Soccer)

    @Ficboy, IMO your assessment of Lacrosse in the US being a sport of the northeast is one of the reasons. Specific to this, even in the 1980's it was a sport of the elite private high schools where I was raised. I went to a Catholic high school and it was only a club sport. Had the sport been...

  7. WI: Norse Madeira and Azores

    My thoughts are similar to @Hvalrossen. There would need to be a compelling reason other then being tired of the cold weather and wanting to get away from everyone. The islands would need to be closer to the mainland, there would need to be some metals or semi-precious+ stones or there being...

  8. Potential names for a reformed, liberal Holy Roman Empire in the 19th Century

    Thinking along the same lines as @GameBawesome, I was thinking the following; Größeres Europäisches Reich (Greater European Empire)

  9. What if the US made a Jewish state to send Jewish immigrants too during the major immigrant wave of the late 1800s

    An interesting concept. From a greater probability perspective, a more plausible scenario is a city the Jewish heritage in either in the majority or the de facto majority and although the state may not be predominately Jewish, the influence of the Jews is akin the the LDS in Utah.

  10. Which POD is more likely to cause Natural Long Hair to be still in style for most men? (as in below shoulder length)

    I selected Other. All of the points made in the above threads are strong in their arguements. IMO, for I have no supporting links to support the position is the following: Fashion comes and goes, whether politically inspired or due to someone of perceived importance sporting a new look...

  11. What Would The French Have Named Places In North America

    @Greg Lobo Do you have specific locations that you are looking to rename?

  12. Australia remains uninhabited by humans until Polynesians arrive

    Aside from the possibilities in the changes to the fauna, it does make for interesting points of departure for the remaining history of Australia.

  13. AHC: Alternative Scrambles for the West Indies

    I have always wondered how a more U.S. influenced Carribbean would have looked like? Statehood not likely until post WW2, but a larger territorial presence and its impact?

  14. Independent Tahiti

    Having just read the history of Tahiti, it appears that there would be no chance to avoid colonization. Whether it remained with the British or the French, it was part of the global colonizing land grab even with it being remote. Then you have the Americans using it asaport of call for the...

  15. Camels in Europe

    Camels were brought to the U.S.. There is no reason why they could not have survived in the arid regions of Spain if they were intriduced. Interesting article on camels in the U.S. https://www.desertusa.com/animals/desert-camel-experiment.html

  16. Japan keeps more after the war ?

    Having read through all of the replies, IMO Japan being able to hold onto more of the Kurils and some or all of Sahkalin would be that between Yalta and Potsdam, it became more than obvious to US and the UK that the USSR was going to become a de facto adversary more than what was already being...

  17. Underused Historical Periods for Games?

    I recall fondly that the selection of board games covered several lesser known periods of time and conflicts. There was even a naval warfare board game for ancient Greece and Rome; Trireme. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Avalon_Hill_games

  18. AHC: Have American and British English be mutually unintelligible

    The influence of the British be less pronounced in the U.S.A, and Canada in the 1700's. New Amsterdam remains a Dutch Colony for a longer period of time, the English not beating the French in Canada, the Swedes remaining a stronger influence in the Mid Atlantic and more immigrants from northern...

  19. Surviving Haitian Empire?

    Given the decisions initiated by Dessalines, IMO I do not believe that Dessalines living any longer than he did would have made a difference to the ultimate Haitian timeline.

  20. AHC/WI: Militaristic education/society

    Yes, and North Korea is failure.
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