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“They were only in space for, like, nine months, which is not long enough to pick up an accent”
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this post was submitted on 21 Mar 2025
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Different Dialects appear to emerge from having rather isolated parts of a culture.
With the very recent invention of the world wide web there is a good chance we eventually (and sadly) evolve out of it into a singular mixed human culture and language.
Even then it could happen during a space colonization age that sustainable colonies somehow get cut off. Outer worlds comes to mind.
How the dialect would evolve is determined of what the people spoke first. Their children will learn the same language but with less examples of “correct pronouncing” combined with teenage thrive to do things different (without external influence) things slowly start to sound different.
Star trek’s voyager would not have enough time to develop anything different however they might have encountered unique enough situations that call for new terminology. Things like new tools or medical innovations. But also the unused potential for more aliens in the crew. Language is constantly evolving no matter when or where.
Earth might end up having a universal dialect over time if the internet keeps getting more prominent
However, space colonies would be pretty cut off from it, due to light speed latency. You couldn't have a real-time voice call with someone in the asteroid belt or mars. You could maaaaybe have one with someone on the moon, but even a second long delay is brutal
So it's still reasonable to assume that, yes, there will be space dialect even though the internet is a thing
/ Jane of the Ansible has entered the chat
Even without real-time calls, there would still be an asynchronous exchange of TV shows, movies, YouTube, etc. The populations wouldn't be linguistically isolated.
Sorry, the world what web?