nebula42@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 年前language hot take rulelemmy.worldimagemessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1289arrow-down15
arrow-up1284arrow-down1imagelanguage hot take rulelemmy.worldnebula42@lemmy.world to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 年前message-square92fedilink
minus-squarepetrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 年前Inflammable has always meant able to inflame. I would say it coming to mean “not flammable” would be the evolution of language here because people conflate it with the other in- prefix.
Inflammable has always meant able to inflame.
I would say it coming to mean “not flammable” would be the evolution of language here because people conflate it with the other in- prefix.