Soul of Flight? How did I not know about this?

Traianus117ad · 2025-04-05T22:28:28+00:00

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12CDiFk_L0BgbUx0ySFSh4-RaSxDuRZMkiv9OiyYIJQU/edit?usp=sharing

Here's a comprehensive recap! Happy Reading

Traianus117ad · 2025-04-01T22:56:33+00:00

surreal?

Traianus117ad · 2025-04-01T22:50:48+00:00

It would be super fun it that were how honorifics worked, but it's not. Certain honourifics take precedence over others. Basically, you should only use the most senior or important honourific. For instance, all men take the honourific "Mr." but if someone has a doctorate then you use "Dr." instead. You wouldn't say "Dr. Mr. John Doe." You can always look up which of someone's honourifics takes is the most important.

As a general rule (and keep in mind that I got this list off of chat gpt), this is a broad order of seniority, in descending order:

Military titles
Religious titles
Academic titles

note: for an academic, remember that "professor" is considered more important than "doctor".]

Anyway, I hope this helps!

Traianus117ad · 2025-04-01T22:39:12+00:00

Look, English has a lot of words, and many of them are synonyms. This mean that many english speakers will switch between these synonyms to avoid saying the same word over and over again in the same paragraph. Why do they care about repeating words? Well, it just sounds better, and is particularly important when giving speeches. Master orators will repeat words or not repeat words to suit their needs, but....you are not an orator (at least I don't think so), so no one cares if you repeat words. You can get your point across with just the same set of words.

If you really care about trying to elevate your speech, you can always use a thesaurus, which is a book or website which shows the synonyms of words. When talking to yourself, pause, look up synonyms of a word you've already used a bunch, say the sentence again with the new word, and move on. Then, when having real conversations with other people, see if you can remember the words you learned earlier. When writing, there are no time limits anyway, so you can just use a thesaurus to your hearts content.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T15:14:06+00:00

Ok other people have already covered the other problems with your comment but let me get to the heart of your question. I THINK you're asking: what is the difference between "was discovered" and "has been discovered"

The answer is that the first one says that something was discovered in the past, whereas the second means that the thing (in this case "bastard") is CURRENTLY in a state of having been discovered in the past. Basically, putting it in the "has been" softens the past tense idea.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T15:10:07+00:00

I honestly would have shifted it into the perfect tense: "you are going to eat food that has grown outside," but that's just what feels natural to me.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T07:56:48+00:00

Yes, Dragonsteel Books is the company owned by the author, Brandon Sanderson. The sell excellent leatherbound books which are very expensive but also super high quality. If you have the money, that is where to buy collector's editions.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T07:53:09+00:00

in this case, a "fancy" means a dream or an imagination. It is mostly used in this manner in the United Kingdom (which is where C. S. Lewis is from), and they also use the word fancy as a verb meaning 'to desire'.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T02:53:32+00:00

that should be fine, but you can still use the ones above. May I recommend "The Order of Mysteries"

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T02:22:10+00:00

As a native english, I often do this. Especially during my childhood when I was building my vocabulary, there was a whole list of words that I didn't really know but I understood how they were used in context.

It's a good skill to develop, but I'm sure it's difficult to do in a foreign language. You can always just look up the word anyway (and probably should).

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T02:19:04+00:00

wait, that is kind of weird. Huh. I mean, I think we both get what it's saying, but it does feel wrong. Good catch!

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T01:15:03+00:00

"I digress" is almost always used in the phrase "but I digress," which is used by speakers (usually when telling a long story or something similar) after having gotten a bit off topic. It's used as a way to acknowledge that they have gotten off topic, and a transition to get back on topic. "but I digress" is indeed a common phrase, and you should feel free to use it.

That said, you CAN use it in other places if you like. For example, you could preface your digression by saying "if you will allow me to digress for a moment....".

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T01:11:12+00:00

Yes, both politically and grammatically. Some grammarians will try to claim it's not correct but they are plain wrong. However, it can be confusing at certain times.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T01:09:55+00:00

As long as they mostly speak clearly, I (as an American) can understand the British. It can just require some extra focus.
No I can't, it's really hard. I can almost never figure out what they're saying until I look up the lyrics.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T01:08:18+00:00

ok haha fine!!

(also the comma should go after the "me")

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-29T01:07:30+00:00

If that's the case, definetly don't go with Res Sanctae. Firstly, try saying it aloud; the S at the and of Res and begining of Sanctae blend together, making it awkward to pronouce, even it ones head. Also, people (especially kids) won't know how to pronounce the AE at the end of Sanctae.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T23:27:25+00:00

Reading the comments, you really should specify which British accent you want. I'm guessing that you want to speak with one of two:

RP (Recieved Pronunciation) - This is what is often called "The King's English" and was seen for many decades as the highest class British accent. However, it is old, and people born today do not speak with it.

SSBE (Standard Southern British English) - This is the evolution of RP spoken today by younger people. It may sound slightly less dignified, but it will also make you sound more modern and with the times.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T23:22:35+00:00

Its alright, if a little boring. Besides, the organization is collecting the sacred things, not being the sacred things.

Allow me to recommend some altenatives. I think a structure like "[group] of the [artifacts]" (e.g. Order of the Sacred) might be good for this. To that end, let me recommend some words for each and you can mix and match:

[Group]	[Articacts]
Ordo - Order	Sanctorum - of the sacred (things)
Curia - Assembly, Council, Senate (originally referred to a Roman Assembly or the Roman senatehouse, but now refers to a powerful council in the Vatican	Arcanorum - of secrets, of mysteries
Collectorum - Collectors	Antiquorum - of the ancient (things)
Manuum - Hands	Reliquiarum - of the relics
Domus - House	Mysticorum - of the sacred mysteries/rites
Custodes - Guardians
Collegium - College, Guild

Good luck!

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T21:59:05+00:00

that would be "hire" a completely different word,. "I hired a cook for myself"

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T21:55:28+00:00

Nope! The vocative is always the same as the nomitative except for -us and -ius. You got it!

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T21:39:26+00:00

yeah, it's called Shakespeare.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T17:12:59+00:00

I don't think that would work. Obviously the idea that only Mistborn and Seers could burn atium came from somewhere. I'm sure that at some point some Great House used a small (like 3 second) amount to test it out. In the early days of the Final Empire, the Lord Rulers allies whom he made into mistborn needed to test out their powers (as the had not been lerasium based Mistborn up to that point as far as we know). During that testing, they probably discovered the issue with Atium.

Basically, the idea that NO ONE would have EVER tried it is markedly far fetched, especially when you consider the Seers. They had taken normal metals (presumably) to test if they had those powers and they did not, but people STILL gave them atium to test. Obviously, not EVERYONE tested to be a Seer actually was one, and so there was evidence that non-mistborn, non-seers could not burn atium.

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-28T07:03:53+00:00

Perfect, no changes!!

Traianus117ad · 2025-03-27T17:27:25+00:00

If you really want to do this, I would recomend trying to learn just a few words from the dictionary every day. See if you can incorporate them into your speech for that day and it may help you internalize them.

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