User talk:Michael.L.Newby/Idiom Neutral Dictionary (English)/I

The words insendian and insendier are contentious, because a few years after the dictionary was published, the Akademi officially redefined them (see Histoire de la Langue Universelle). They had realised that insendier corresponds to the French and Italian words for "arsonist", so they defined insendian as "fireman", leaving one to presume that insendier thereafter meant "arsonist". I think they used -an here instead of -ist because that suffix - together with -ator - was in the process of being redefined as well, making the situation even messier! My opinion is that "fireman/firefighter" should be insendiist as per the original meaning of that suffix, but I think there would have to be some kind of community vote on it. In the meantime, Neutralists should tread with care... Custard7 (discuss • contribs) 16:12, 9 February 2018 (UTC)