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To: Kartographer
setting the inflammable liquid alight.

Wait....what???

12 posted on 09/04/2015 12:34:06 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (I stand with Kim Davis! I will not comply!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

That was my thought, too. http://grammarist.com/usage/flammable-inflammable/


15 posted on 09/04/2015 12:40:13 PM PDT by knittnmom (Save the earth! It's the only planet with chocolate!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

Hmmm, interesting....learn something new every day here:

Flammable vs. inflammable

There is no difference in meaning between flammable and inflammable. Both describe things that are capable of burning or easy to ignite, but in all modern varieties of English, flammable is preferred.

Inflammable, derived from the verb inflame, is the original word. But because the first syllable is easily misinterpreted as the common negative prefix in- (as in, for example, inescapable, invulnerable, inorganic), the word has always caused confusion. Because this confusion can have dangerous real-world consequences, the shift from inflammable to flammable is welcome.

The less confusing flammable did not enter common use until the early 20th century, but it quickly became the prevalent spelling. Inflammable is still common on product labels and appears from time to time in edited publications, but it fell out of favor around 1970.


19 posted on 09/04/2015 12:41:32 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (I stand with Kim Davis! I will not comply!)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

https://youtu.be/Q8mD2hsxrhQ


32 posted on 09/04/2015 12:54:16 PM PDT by To Hell With Poverty (All freedom must be transported in bottles of 3 oz or less. - Freeper relictele)
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To: Las Vegas Ron

;’)

Impregnable means “not pregnable”, which doesn’t fit with high school health class.


37 posted on 09/04/2015 1:00:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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