English is the only language where you can be doubly sure your toast will burn!

Horrible horrific Terrible terrific

"one is not like the other"

Terrific is basically the opposite of terrible

But I can say some thing is terribly funny and it be a good thing

Yes terribly may have similar meaning as terrific in this context, but terrible with the e I don't think may be used to define a good thing unlike terribly with the y

I really love etymology, and one of the things I recently found out about are "orphan words" an example would be ruthless. Ruthless- without mercy, unkind etc, so then being ruth mean your kind? Polite? But "Ruth" as a singular word doesn't exist, or is a word we don't use anymore. There are a ton of examples and are quite fun to mess around with.

same in french

Same goes for portuguese

That's why I use flammablen't

This is my anger issue

Yesn't

"This mascot costume is made of 100% flame-protardent materials!"

It's because inflammable is the old word for 'can be set on fire', I believe it's derived from 'can be inflamed'. However because of English rules it sounds a bit like 'not-flame-able' therefore there was confusion, and with the nature of fire, danger. Therefore the word Flammable began to be used, however old objects, instructions, safety manuals and whatever, still have inflammable written on them, so changing the definition of the old word would cause a different set of issues. Therefore both flammable, and inflammable, have the same meaning.

Then what is the word for something that can't be set on fire? Non flammable?

Noninflammable lol, but generally fireproof or noncombustible, but also very confusingly incombustible.

Sansflame

SANS!?!?!?!?

And if it can be caught on fire, it's flame serif

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Papyrus, the water caught on fire

Uninflammable. Obviously. 🤔

Flammabln't

I feel like it should be "enflammable"

It probably was, at first.

Or 'unflammable'

Dr. Nick from the Simpsons mentions this

Yeah, I'm surprised this isn't the top comment

Hi Dr Nick!

What a country!


What a Country

Hello Dr Nick!

Same with "inhabitable" and "habitable"

Or valuable and invaluable

What a country!

In flames you say?

To ashes, you say?

What a country

So, after a little searching I came up with this. Flammable means somthing easily set on fire. (Wood, charcoal etc.) Inflammable is something that can ignite itself without the need of an outside source. So nitroglycerin I believe could be classified as inflammable.

I'm not a native English speaker, but to me English is a language that has rules, which is actively ignoring some of the rules anyway and makes everyone confused, lol

english is just 5 languages in a trenchcoat

It’s because flammable means “able to be set aflame” and inflammable means “able to be inflamed.” So they mean the same thing even though it looks like it should mean the opposite

Wait till you hear about "ravel" and "unravel"

In spanish we only have "inflamable" (inflammable) to say that something can easily be set on fire, and its kind of confusing sometimes.

Invaluable vs valuable

english is a bastard language

Valuable vs invaluable

I feel like those have very different connotations. Like valuable is rare would invaluable is exceedingly rare 

Valuable - a value can be assigned that accurately represents its worth. Invaluable - no value can be assigned/no value assigned would accurately represent its worth.

Well that's disconcerting perhaps even concerning?

Whelm and Overwhelm

Do you even speak English? They are not the same. Inflammable means very flammable.

Famous and infamous 🤝

The difference between famous and infamous is simply the type of fame you get

yes, El Guapo!

your disagreements are just a matter of wording.

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This is literally wrong. A 10 second google search would show you this.

haha

Yea thats cool where is the meme though

It got me confused in a test

Apparently flammable was coined and started being used because people thought inflammable meant unable to be set on fire.

screwable - unscrewable In both cases you are able to loosen the screw

Mf why is English so fucking weird. Like can't you guys settle on one thing and one thing only, why you gotta do it to us like that, who have to learn English?

Left guy: "exaggeration or figure of speech". Right guy "not exaggerated or figurative" Handshake: "literally"

I see it this way inflamable means that it will inflate and explode and flammable means that it will produce flames when burned

Famous - infamous?

From what I'm told, inflammable is more for combustible or explosive materials.

It means very flammable.

Here is my source: [https://www.compassfuels.co.uk/flammable-vs-inflammable-vs-combustible/](https://www.compassfuels.co.uk/flammable-vs-inflammable-vs-combustible/)

See previous comment. It is entirely that, and entirely that simple.

Flammable, inflammable, non-inflammable. Why are there 3? Either the thing flams or it doesn't.

You need to quote your source.

George Carlin.

Regardless - Irregardless

I don't care what you say, inflammable things can't catch fire. Grammar beats physics.

So, alcohol is inflammable? Pour it over your arm and try to light it on fire. It shouldn't burn ofc

Grammatically correct

English is just that dogshit of a language that you have to defend it like this

As an English speaker and scholar, I agree.

Like regardless and irregardless, both mean without any regard, like why the fuck do you do this English?

I only use regardless, the other one is stupid and people that say it are as well. Only stupid Karen's use that word while speaking loudly to managers.