Re: dialectal diversity in English

Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Terry Pratchett notes in The Discworld Companion that the history of
> Ankh-Morpork has seen a number of civil wars, as well as a few downright uncivil
> ones. So I suggest the conflict be relabled "The (American) Uncivil War
I personally prefer "The War of Secession" or perhaps something like,
say, The North-South War.

Or, taking a cue from Kassi History "Lincoln's War"  :-)

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