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“They were only in space for, like, nine months, which is not long enough to pick up an accent” (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

/ Jane of the Ansible has entered the chat

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

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.