... did we ever establish that Fenspace's USA didn't have the economic issues RL did? Because I'm pretty sure the Housing Bust would have happened anyway. No politicians to (directly) blame for that, just greedy fools being greedy. (Which I can very smugly say with 20/20 hindsight, natch 
)
And a perception (whether correct or not) of imminent economic collapse might have also provided a spur for some of the non-BNF Fen to go Up.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll
)And a perception (whether correct or not) of imminent economic collapse might have also provided a spur for some of the non-BNF Fen to go Up.
''We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat
them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.''
-- James Nicoll