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

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

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

@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.

HighlandLawyer

@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.