Inflammable is a dangerous word.

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Space60
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Inflammable is a dangerous word.

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The word "inflammable" is dangerous because there are people who think it means "not flammable". It is always best to use "flammable".
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Space60 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:16 am The word "inflammable" is dangerous because there are people who think it means "not flammable". It is always best to use "flammable".
This has puzzled me since I were in short trousers. Perhaps it's due to a clash between "in-" meaning "in" and the negative prefix?
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alice wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 3:36 pm
Space60 wrote: ↑Fri Mar 20, 2026 7:16 am The word "inflammable" is dangerous because there are people who think it means "not flammable". It is always best to use "flammable".
This has puzzled me since I were in short trousers. Perhaps it's due to a clash between "in-" meaning "in" and the negative prefix?
Consider the word inflame, which is clearly related.
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And inflammatory and inflammation...
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pictograms still have the advantage ......................Image
over logograms...........................................Image

which are themselves far superior to alphabets..........inflammable
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