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   • Charlie Stross

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   One of the timelines where the Norman conquest failed, leaving Anglisc fully part of the German language continuum.

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     • Khleedril

     @simonbp @khleedril @abstractcode @cstross
     Yes, the TL where the Treaty of Union created a federal state of England, Netherlands, Scotland (& latterly Ireland) resulting in an enduring white supremacist Empire still controlling over three-quarters of the world in the C21st isn't the best one. Especially with the increase in early industrialisation bringing about massive climate change half a century earlier.

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     • Khleedril

     @khleedril @HighlandLawyer @abstractcode @cstross Eh. It might be a better outcome if you're English or Dutch. I doubt it's any better if you're Scottish or Irish. And probably far worse if you're one of the millions soon to be colonised by the amped up Anglo Dutch Empire.

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     • simonbp

     @simonbp @HighlandLawyer @abstractcode @cstross It's funny how all the alternative histories seem like they would be better than the current one.

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     • Charlie Stross

     @HighlandLawyer @abstractcode @cstross Alternatively, England and the Netherlands stayed under personal union after William & Mary, and have been a single political entity since.