English & other languages in a Confederate victory scenario:

That might have all kinds of butterflies in the future. And as Northern and Southern English diverges, I wonder if greater connection between CS English and Canadian English might not facilitate trade between the two?

Very possibly. For one thing, you would probably find a lot of Canadian actors...even more than in OTL Hollywood...finding jobs in the Confederate movie and broadcasting industries. William Shatner as Captain of the C.S.S. Enterprise, perhaps? :D

That would be interesting, also. A standard Confederate English based on the Georgia dialect. I wonder if, in the interest of "national security" the CSA wouldn't try to standardize black dialects using Georgia black dialects....

That would presume, of course, that they have decided to educate the black population. Assuming the blacks have been emancipated, and aren't under some form of Jim Crow, this might be likely. But if we are looking at a TL-191 type of situation, probably not.
 
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Very possibly. For one thing, you would probably find a lot of Canadian actors...even more than in OTL Hollywood...finding jobs in the Confederate movie and broadcasting industries. William Shatner as Captain of the C.S.S. Enterprise, perhaps? :D

Heh....Star Trek, Confederate style! Wonder how they'd do Uhura, then? :eek:

That would presume, of course, that they have decided to educate the black population. Assuming the blacks have been emancipated, and aren't under some form of Jim Crow, this might be likely. But if we are looking at a TL-191 type of situation, probably not.

Yes....that depends, and yes, under a semi-realistic scenario like TL-191, no it really isn't too likely. It'd make more sense, but then it would have made more sense to stay in the Union to start with than to have formed the Confederacy in the first place....:cool:
 

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I wonder what, on both sides of he border, would be the state of the border states and their dialects. Would they be ostracized thereby making the 'split' that much harsher? Or would trade and whatnot just break it down anyway?
 
I see the CS Movie industry moving to South Florida [Hollywood??] for the same reasons they moved to Calif. [Hollywood]. The clear Air and blue Skies.:rolleyes:
However I can see Nashville [still] becoming the center of the CS [white] music industry, while New Orleans [Harlem south] caters to the Black Music Industry.

However isn't most of what whe call Southern accent, based on the Prewar Irish Immigration.
 
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