Inflammable vs. flammable

Tue Oct 9 12:43:23 MDT 2007

I share Ladonna's pain -- too many people say "supposably."

Jim's point is also well taken, and not moot.

Here in the southeast a lot of the locals add a hard "T" or "D" sound to the end of "across," as if to say "Acrosst" or "Acrossed." Where this originated I have no idea, but I never heard it until I moved south.

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From: Pinkham, Jim <Jim.Pinkham at voith.com>
To: Ladonna Weeks <ladonna.weeks at comtrak.com>; brianlindgren at aol.com; RHearn at cucbc.com; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Sent: Tue, 9 Oct 2007 2:01 pm
Subject: RE: Inflammable vs. flammable

I've never heard the former. However, here in Wisconsin a good many
people are prone to talk about "mute points." The moot ones are
irrelevant, too, but I guess the distinction is that they must be
noisier :)

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From: techwr-l-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.techwr-l.com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+jim.pinkham=voith.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On
Behalf Of Ladonna Weeks
Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2007 12:36 PM
To: brianlindgren at aol.com; RHearn at cucbc.com; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: RE: Inflammable vs. flammable

How about "supposably" instead of "supposedly"? I hear people say the
first more often than the second. 

Ladonna Weeks
ladonna.weeks at comtrak.com

-----Original Message-----
From: brianlindgren at aol.com [mailto:brianlindgren at aol.com]
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 2:27 PM
To: RHearn at cucbc.com; techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com
Subject: Re: Inflammable vs. flammable

The difference is there is no such word as "irregardless." It's
fabricated by illiteracy.

Another beauty is the non-existent "predominately" which people
use in place of "predominantly." I guess if one has a nasal voice
the two could theoretically sound alike, but in this case they're
mixing would-be verb tenses with adjectives and adverbs.

-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Hearn <RHearn at cucbc.com>
To: Techwr-l <techwr-l at lists.techwr-l.com>
Sent: Mon, 1 Oct 2007 1:51 pm
Subject: RE: Inflammable vs. flammable

This reminds me of people who use regardless and irregardless
interchangably. I sometimes ask if they believe being responsible
is that same as being irresponsible. 

Ron Hearn
Documentation Specialist
MemberDirect(r) Product Development
phone: 604 730 6391
email: rhearn at memberdirect.ca
website: memberdirect.ca

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+rhearn=cucbc.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On
Behalf
Of Cardimon, Craig
Sent: Monday, October 01, 2007 10:48 AM
To: Techwr-l
Subject: Inflammable vs. flammable

Have I ever told you my gas station story? If so, you may stop
reading
now.

This occurred several years ago, and the vendor in question has
been
bought many times, sat closed for quite a while, and finally
opened anew
recently.

I was pumping my own gas at this business when the very young
attendant
came out and asked me if I could help him read something.
Thinking the
item in question might be smudged printing or something, I
agreed.

We came upon two groups of tanks. One group held propane. I don't
recall
the other group. One group was labeled, you guessed it,
"Flammable." The
other, "Inflammable." He asked me which group of tanks wouldn't
blow up,
and which one he had to be careful with. 

I replied he had to take care with both groups of tanks, and that
flammable and inflammable meant the same thing -- they could
catch fire.

Gulp. I left as quickly as I could. 

Craig Cardimon

Technical Writer

Marketing Systems Group

ccardimon at m-s-g.com

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