I imagine the following scenario: a teacher is trying to explain to his student what "moyo." So, he shows him three board positions with large moyos and points to each saying "moyo." I feel that the student, having no idea what a moyo is in any context may put his own incorrect meaning on the term that only has shades of the truth. In my mind, if you repeated this exercise to someone in category "a" and said "framework," because of the familiarity with the term, they will come closer to understanding the true meaning of the word.
Although I agree with the overall point you are making, it falls down a bit in the detail, and it is instructive to consider why.
First, to point to a "large moyo" and say "moyo" is as misleading as Tarzan pointing to Jane and saying "You Tarzan, me Jane". One has attributes the other just doesn't have, and we all know it's these attributes that make life interesting
Second, if we try to list the attributes that most kyu players associate with the word moyo, top of the list is probably "mine, all mine!", supported by mental images of signs saying "Keep out", "Minefield", "Fort Knox" or whatever. Usually the list stops there - no other attributes needed. But if a kyu player lists the attributes associated with the word framework, he gets a rather different mental image. Something rickety, perhaps, as full of holes as a colander. He probably tacks on more attributes, as a way of coping with these holes. Instead of "mine, all mine" he possibly thinks, "Oh, my gawd, how do I cope with this mess?" And that's a BIG improvement in thinking.
I suspect some people like to say moyo because the image makes them feel more comfortable - in their mind they already have a large territory. This sort of thinking is not limited to pros. I've just been reading comments by Sakata where he remarks with surprise on a move by Go Seigen. They have been playing in the lower left, then Go suddenly leaves the position there unfinished and switches to the upper right. Sakata says he would have first played so-and-so in the lower left (settling the position) in sente and then he could still turn to the upper right. He says he finds Go's style leaves too many possible moves, breeds confusion, and requires much more time to think. If Sakata had been a western amateur he would have been a "moyo" man. Go would have been a "framework" man. Don't make too much of that - the real point is simply that words have associations, and even associations have associations, and that we can be guided by these or led astray.
In that sense, saying "framework" can arguably be a great step forward from saying "moyo". But that still doesn't mean the usual attributes of a framework are correct. Consider this case. Suzuki Tamejiro, writing about how to count boundary plays (a little jewel, incidentally - he doesn't mention deiri or miai once) points outs that when the usual time to play boundary plays comes upon us, we will find that most plays will fall in the range of six points to fifteen or sixteen, and that nearly always the biggest of these plays are in the corners or on the side (and, digressing even further, the majority will involve either hanetsugi or capture of one stone). Contrary to what most amateurs think (he says), the big-looking plays in the centre are normally small. The way to handle territory in the centre is implied in this sentence of his:
"Territories made in a natural way as the result of attacking the opponent's stones by utilising a moyo/framework will be large, but territories made by simply surrounding an area will, in most cases, be small."
Now I would maintain, with great confidence, that the concept of "utilising" a moyo/framework plays no part whatsoever in the associations for these words of most kyu players, and maybe not too many dan players. They might get as far as thinking of attacking elsewhere in order to shore up a moyo/framework, but for many amateurs the moyo/framework is the end, not the means. Even for a framework thinker, a framework is like the timbers that mark out the walls of a house and the priority is most often to get the plaster up as quickly as possible to keep people out. But for a pro one prime way to utilise a moyo for attack is to tempt the opponent inside and (Takemiya's advice)
don't kill - let him live small. I would speculate that such a strategy would be quite unthinkable for a standard moyo=piggy bank kind of thinker but, with guidance, would easily be within the compass of a framework thinker.
My conclusion is that framework is not ideal but is conceptually more versatile and a better choice for beginners. It could also be a useful change (because of word associations) for people who currently say moyo unless they can truthfully claim to understand already what is meant by utilising a moyo for attack.
New go words, yes. Old go words with proper meanings and properly considered associations, yes, yes, yes!
