Other words for Homeline

[David Johnston2]

Originally Posted by Cowd

I'm writing an alternate history outside of the IW setting and I need a word for our timeline, for easy comparison. 'Homeline' is so, well, science fictiony, plus, it's tied up with the Infinite Worlds setting. I'm writing this not from the perspective of a Homeliner who's actually visited other dimensions, but from the perspective of a guy from this history (me), who's writing about a potential alternate history. I've wrung my brain but I'm stumped. I don't want to have to keep writing "our history" or "factual history". I want a snappy, clinical, generic expression to distinguish 'our' timeline from alternate timelines.

Thanks for all help!

The actual expression used on teh interwebz is OTL (for our time line)