# Hot takes **URL:** \ **Category:** Not Thrive\ **Created:** [March 20, 2023, 4:23pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229 "2023-03-20T16:23:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nie](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/nie/32/7617_2.png) [@Nie](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Nie)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2023, 11:37pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/21 "2023-03-21T23:37:12Z")
I know, frale is just claiming that English written in another script isn’t English. ---
**Author:** ![Oncpapa](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/oncpapa/32/16130_2.png) [@Oncpapa](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Oncpapa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 2:49am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/22 "2023-03-22T02:49:29Z")
> [@50gens](#): > > law=\>loo, awesome=\>ååsəm Wait why are those Ws being removed? They’re pretty clearly pronounced to me. ---
**Author:** ![hhyyrylainen](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/hhyyrylainen/32/32_2.png) [@hhyyrylainen](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/hhyyrylainen)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:34am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/23 "2023-03-22T07:34:27Z")
Is > **[International Phonetic Alphabet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet)** > > The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script. It was devised by the International Phonetic Association in the late 19th century as a standardized representation of speech sounds in written form. The IPA is used by lexicographers, foreign language students and teachers, linguists, speech–language pathologists, singers, actors, constructed language creators, and translators. > The IPA is designed to represent those quali... a joke to you guys? Why use all manner of weird letters when there’s already IPA? I may be a bit biased as all English textbooks in Finland show the pronunciation with IPA versions of the words, and writing Finnish with the IPA alphabet is almost the same as the (extended) latin alphabet (there’s very few things in Finnish not written exactly as they are pronounced). ---
**Author:** ![HexapodPhilosopher](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/hexapodphilosopher/32/10919_2.png) [@HexapodPhilosopher](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/HexapodPhilosopher)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 8:47am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/24 "2023-03-22T08:47:52Z")
> [@50gens](#): > > How does this improve english? Walks or walked look similar to how they are pronounced My point wasn’t with past tense - it was for ‘eth’ instead of ‘s’ at the end of present-tense verbs. For example: “Sometimes a parrot talketh” (instead of ‘talks’); Descartes (in the English translation of _Meditations_) describing someone falling asleep as “he who noddeth in a chair” (instead of ‘nods’. The word with the most definitions in English is ‘run’, and three different forms of this word are: runs, runs and run’s, meaning _does run, multiple runs and belonging to the run_ (all valid in the right context). Changing the first of these to use the older English ‘eth’ or ‘th’ would render these as ’ runeth (or ‘runneth’), runs and run’s '. > [@50gens](#): > > I proposed a reform for normal english, it shouldn’t change how anything is spelled What you are describing is literally just changing the way English is spelled. 🙃 I do think changing some of the letters in English (to using IPA, for instance) would really improve things, but I think a more gradual change would be the best suggestion. There’s no way most people would even consider changing _all_ the letters in English, but adding or changing some would be useful. ---
**Author:** ![Nie](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/nie/32/7617_2.png) [@Nie](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Nie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/25 "2023-03-22T17:43:39Z")
> [@Oncpapa](#): > > Wait why are those Ws being removed? They’re pretty clearly pronounced to me. British pronunciation (I think). * * * Also, here’s something I should’ve dropped in this thread earlier: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TEsqY4MH40s/maxresdefault.jpg "most english spelling reforms are bad") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEsqY4MH40s) * * * > [@fralegend015](#): > > thp What does that mean? I presume it’s a text abverration but I’m not sure which one. ---
**Author:** ![fralegend015](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/fralegend015/32/11835_2.png) [@fralegend015](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/fralegend015)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/26 "2023-03-22T19:21:08Z")
It’s not an abbrevation ---
**Author:** ![Nie](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/nie/32/7617_2.png) [@Nie](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Nie)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2023, 7:23pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/27 "2023-03-22T19:23:46Z")
Then what is it? What does it mean? ---
**Author:** ![Nie](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/nie/32/7617_2.png) [@Nie](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Nie)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:35am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/28 "2023-04-13T00:35:16Z")
My hot take: Telling someone “oh, don’t worry, it won’t hurt a bit” before a painful procedure is **belgiuming horrible!** It is lying in the face of the one on whom the procedure is about to be conducted and undermines their trust in the long run. Also, I think it is better to let someone know that the procedure will hurt and allow them to prepare themselves mentally for the pain than lie to them resulting in them getting caught by surprise. ---
**Author:** ![Trappist-1e](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/trappist-1e/32/10981_2.png) [@Trappist-1e](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/Trappist-1e)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 12:44am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/29 "2023-04-13T00:44:20Z")
“It’s just a little sting, you won’t even feel it” _proceeds to hurt like belgium and it’s sore for two weeks_ ---
**Author:** ![blackjacksike](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/blackjacksike/32/7094_2.png) [@blackjacksike](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/blackjacksike)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/30 "2023-04-13T01:54:19Z")
They’re trying to reassure the patient and sometimes the pain is only there if you focus on it. Otherwise, just try to always prepare your mind for the worst and you’ll be fine. ---
**Author:** ![TristanMisja](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/tristanmisja/32/9494_2.png) [@TristanMisja](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/TristanMisja)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2023, 10:38pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/31 "2023-04-14T22:38:04Z")
Imagine not knowing how to read ðe letters þorn or eþ, couldn’t be me. ---
**Author:** ![HexapodPhilosopher](https://thrivecommunity-cdn.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/hexapodphilosopher/32/10919_2.png) [@HexapodPhilosopher](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/u/HexapodPhilosopher)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2023, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229/32 "2023-04-15T15:43:11Z")
It’s potentially useful for children, but probably not as useful in the long term as helping them get into a mindset that helps them deal with the pain. Or they could also help the child grow to have a hard outer layer - such as chitin - so they’d get hurt less. [Previous page](https://community.revolutionarygamesstudio.com/t/hot-takes/6229.md?page=1)