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4a6c1
12-06-2009, 01:49 AM
We come here today to mourn the loss of Lord Paco. Oh. And planet Earth.

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Androidpk
12-06-2009, 01:56 AM
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Drew
12-06-2009, 02:28 AM
Why is his gas can "Extremely inflammable". That doesn't make a ton of sense.
BigWorm
12-06-2009, 02:43 AM
Why is his gas can "Extremely inflammable". That doesn't make a ton of sense.

It's means exactly the same thing as if it said extremely flammable.
Androidpk
12-06-2009, 02:44 AM
Probably because gasoline is easily ignited.
BigWorm
12-06-2009, 02:50 AM
Probably because gasoline is easily ignited.

He's not the first person to think that inflammable means non-flammable. I'm not a linguist, but as I've heard it explained, inflammable used to be the preferred term until somebody realized that people were assuming the opposite on safety warnings. As you can imagine, this was not a good situation so the people who wrote the warnings switched to the somewhat archaic but easily understood flammable.
Androidpk
12-06-2009, 02:52 AM
Ahh. Makes sense.
Drew
12-06-2009, 02:59 AM
Interesting. Etymology online ACTIVATE!
Drew
12-06-2009, 03:06 AM
Ahh, inflammable is derived from inflame. Makes sense now. The problem is that the prefix IN and UN fight with each other, the latter being germanic, the earlier, latin. Kind of funny how that works in+flame+able makes a positive. Also thinking about this makes me realize that english has way too many negation prefixes: in, un, ir, dis, im, non, il
Drew
12-06-2009, 03:10 AM
Also how do I say something is not able to catch fire? Nonimflammable. Disinflammable? I love English. In Spanish this would all make simple sense and be totally boring.
BigWorm
12-06-2009, 03:15 AM
Also how do I say something is not able to catch fire? Nonimflammable. Disinflammable? I love English. In Spanish this would all make simple sense and be totally boring.

Pretty sure its non-flammable.
Methais
12-06-2009, 04:30 AM
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Methais
12-06-2009, 04:32 AM
Google Image results for "Lord Paco":

http://www.belfastcitymission.org.uk/Portals/0/Paco.JPG
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Barundar
12-06-2009, 04:38 AM
Why is his gas can "Extremely inflammable". That doesn't make a ton of sense.

INflammable means flammable? What a country.

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Hulkein
12-06-2009, 07:39 AM
Why is his gas can "Extremely inflammable". That doesn't make a ton of sense.

You fall into the category of people who caused companies to use a new word (flammable) to avoid lawsuits because so many people thought "inflammable" meant it would not catch on fire, despite the fact that the word "inflame" is understood by most of the same people. Congrats Drew! ;)

Edited to add: Well that was already cleared up prior to my post. Oh well, I'm not deleting.
Smythe
12-06-2009, 10:09 AM
Nonflammable.

- Smythe
Drew
12-06-2009, 10:19 AM
You fall into the category of people who caused companies to use a new word (flammable) to avoid lawsuits because so many people thought "inflammable" meant it would not catch on fire, despite the fact that the word "inflame" is understood by most of the same people. Congrats Drew! ;)

Edited to add: Well that was already cleared up prior to my post. Oh well, I'm not deleting.

I am a little embarrassed for not knowing that though. Oh well, now I can sue people in good conscience.
Celephais
12-06-2009, 11:38 AM
Paco is flame retardant.