Dave D (Dozy Beaky Mick & Titch) wrote:
>Why is the opposite of 'flammable' not 'inflammable'?
AFAIK the "correct" word is "inflammable" but the Great
Unwashed Public are too stupid to realise that this
means "liable to catch on fire" and think that it really
means the opposite. Hence the word "flammable" has been
created.
I have an aerosol here that says:
GB - EXTREMELY FLAMMABLE
F - EXTREMEMENT INFLAMMABLE
D - HOCHENZUENDLICH
I - ESTREMAMENTE INFIAMMABILE
NL - ZEER LICHT ONTVLAMBAAR
ES - EXTREMADAMENTE INFLAMABLE
Obviously some other countries don't have the problem.
However, in French "inhabitable" means "uninhabitable"!
Dave
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