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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Is that what we have now?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Andrew J. Trim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 25, 2008 3:38 PM</DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Spellyans] off-topic - Drok yu
genef!</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV>On 25 Jul 2008, at 14:56, A. J. Trim wrote:</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0pc 0pc 10pt"><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px"><FONT class=Apple-style-span face=Gentium>. .
.. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=Apple-style-span
style="FONT-SIZE: 12px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: -1">Actually, there is a
smidgen of confusion in English. The term “inflammable” has had to be re-spelt
“flammable” for safety reasons!</SPAN></P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>To be
precise, it was for *alleged* safety reasons. 'Inflammable' was on reagents
bottles in Chemistry labs when I was at school, and I don't recall ever hearing
of even the dimmest students barbecuing themselves by mis-parsing the word. The
opposite then was 'non-inflammable', which is pretty unambiguous as
well. </DIV>
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<DIV>But what have we moved to now, I wonder? Logically, if we believe the
horror stories of those who advocated the change, it should have become:</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">flammable/inflammable.</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>But according to my recent OED, it's actually:</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE type="cite">flammable/non-flammable.</BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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<DIV>Furthermore, the medical profession didn't feel the need to start talking
about "flammation of a wound", did they? And have you ever heard reference to a
'flammatory remark'? Hah!</DIV>
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<DIV>No, it was just the fledgling Health & Safety Industry trying to find
solutions to non-existent problems, to give themselves something to do.</DIV>
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<DIV>'in lel'? 'yn lel'? 'idn lel'?</DIV>
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<DIV>:D</DIV>
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<DIV><BR class=Apple-interchange-newline>Eddie Foirbeis Climo</DIV>
<DIV>- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- -</DIV>
<DIV>Dres ethom akennow byner re bons lyeshes</DIV>
<DIV><I>Accenti non multiplicanda praeter
necessitatem</I></DIV></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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