"I could care less"

[goldenbear01]

Interesting one. The correct word is inflammable, where the prefix in means inside, not not. Unfortunately many people were inclined to make your mistake and believe that inflammable meant not combustible, so the longer and formally correct word has been dropped on grounds of safety.

So there's no illogicality.

are you saying that inflammable meant "inside flammable"? but how does that work as a description for rags, hay, etc.? does that mean that they are "flammable inside"? does that mean they won't catch fire outdoors? aaaarrrrgggghhh! english is confusing the bejeebus out of me! curse you foul english language!

 

[peterbj7]

Don't blame us - blame the Romans who developed the word that our modern word is derived from.

 

[Deefstes]

I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you any less.

 

[maged_mmh]

I couldn't possibly fail to disagree with you any less.

hey, only posts in English are allowed! don't used weird languages.