An advantage of this would be less to remember and therefore freeing up memory space for other stuff. — TheMadFool
That seems like you're taking a brain/computer analogy too literally.
Who has a problem with "memory space" that's taken up by vocabulary? — Terrapin Station
I'm someone with graduate degrees in two very different fields. — Terrapin Station
A disadvantage would be dilated discourse i.e. saying something or writing something would take longer and consume more space. — TheMadFool
Newspeak has no antonyms, therefore the prefix "Un–" is used to indicate negation; the Standard-English word warm becomes uncold, and the moral concept communicated with the word bad is expressed as ungood. When appended to a verb, the prefix "un–" communicates a negative imperative mood, thus, the Newspeak word unproceed means "do not proceed" in Standard English.
"Plus–" is an intensifier that replaces more and the suffix –er; thus, plusgood replaced the English words great and better.
"Doubleplus–" is an intensifier that replaces plus– to communicate greater intensity; to that purpose, the Newspeak word doubleplusgood replaced the English words excellent and best.
"Ante–" is the prefix that replaces before; antefiling replaces the English phrase "before filing."
"Post–" is the prefix that replaces after.
Is the above idea realistic/practical/good or not :wink: — TheMadFool
Beyond that, "not good" is not the same as "bad." — T Clark
In English, and all other languages I assume, there are always at least several different ways to say something. Actually, maybe not exactly the same thing. Antonyms rarely have exactly the same meaning. Even if their definitions are the same, there are nuances, implications, moods that differ. That gives language a lot of subtle power. — T Clark
Is the above idea realistic/practical/good or not :wink: ? — TheMadFool
This OP is not not simplistic in its treatment of language. — Noah Te Stroete
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