Inflammable is a dangerous word.
Inflammable is a dangerous word.
The word "inflammable" is dangerous because there are people who think it means "not flammable". It is always best to use "flammable".
Re: Inflammable is a dangerous word.
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?
"But he had reckoned without my narrative powers! With one bound I narrated myself up the wall and into the bathroom, where I transformed him into a freestanding sink unit.
We washed our hands of him, and lived happily ever after."
We washed our hands of him, and lived happily ever after."
Re: Inflammable is a dangerous word.
Consider the word inflame, which is clearly related.
Yaaludinuya siima d'at yiseka wohadetafa gaare.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Ennadinut'a gaare d'ate eetatadi siiman.
T'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa t'awraa.
Re: Inflammable is a dangerous word.
And inflammatory and inflammation...
Re: Inflammable is a dangerous word.
pictograms still have the advantage ......................
over logograms...........................................
which are themselves far superior to alphabets..........inflammable
over logograms...........................................

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