Backwards English, Backwards

Have you ever noticed that the English language is sort of geared to make us, the people that use it, think or say or write one thing as opposed to another? For example, if somebody wasn’t being truthful, they would be a liar. But what would they be if they weren’t a liar? You might first be tempted to say they would be honest, but that’s not quite right. I can say somebody is a liar, but I can’t say somebody is an honest. It might be my lack of command of the language that I call my native tongue, but the only equivalent I can think of for liar is truth teller. Now why would we want it so that the word which we (or at least I) would like to use less (liar) is only one word, where as the word(s) with the good connotation (truth teller) is two words? It just seems to me that it would be better if it was easier to say good things and harder to say bad things, not the other way around.

So Scott Thought.