Re: my proposals for a philosophical language

Andrew Nowicki wrote:
AN> It is easy to change pronunciation and add more
AN> root words, but it seems impossible to change the
AN> meaning of existing root words or to change Ygyde's
AN> prefix table.

Garth Wallace wrote:
GW> It's hardly impossible. The meanings of words
GW> drift over time. "Hussy" used to mean housewife,
GW> now it means a rudely-behaved woman. It's not
GW> something you can really control.

We are talking about *root* words. If you change
meaning of a root word, all the compound words
that use it will change their meaning as well.
For example, if "man" means "dog," "crafts-man"
means "crafts-dog."

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