Flammable / Inflammable !?

Question:
I seem to remember 'Danger - Highly Inflammable' on the sides of UK petrol tankers, and a news article on the subject quite some time ago - has this been finally resolved ?

Answers:

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There was some controversy years ago over use of "inflammable" because some there thinking the prefix "in" meant not and were reading it as "Not flammable", so to make it very plain it was changed.

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Since both words mean the same thing, and there is no confusion over "flammable", it won out.

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They both mean exactly the same thing. Funny, wonderful old language, isn't it?!

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whats to resolve petrol is highly flammable

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they mean the same thing..the opposite would be "flame retardant".

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near enough all UK fuel tankers now only display a flammable logo sign and a number to recognise the content the tanker is carrying. i think for fuel its 3YE which the fire department use to safely see what type of liquid the tanker is carrying.

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They both mean exactly the same thing... Like driving on a parkway and parking in a driveway, why do they call them apartments when they are all together? Another paradox of the English language.

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its the same as "famous" and "infamous" you would expect the latter to mean the opposite as the former but it means the same

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US: Flammable
UK: Inflammable

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UK: Bangers

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UK: Fags

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US: Good old boy
UK: Geezer

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Two nations divided by a common language.

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Bostonian has it wrong. UK is Flammable as the preferred word in Safety circles

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Flammable is the correct description for anything that will burn ( diesel, Lube oil, wood &c.) "Highly Flammable refers to stuff that can ignite readily and have a flash point below 20 C e.g. petrol

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Same meaning just different words, uninflammable describes none combustible materials.
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