Monday, May 17, 2010
The Most Dangerous Word in the English Language
It has come to my attention that the English Speaking World is under threat. No it is not the arabic language, but a homegrown word that is threataning the lives of millions. This incredibly dangerous word is inflammable. Many of us are aware of the word flammable. Fire, Blaze, volatile, forest fire are all words that our minds associate with flammable. On the other hand inflammable sounds much safer than its brother flammable. The in implies not, so when one sees inflammable they are led to believe that the product they are dealing with cannot catch on fire. Little do they know that the item they are dealing with may at any time catch fire and burn them. Do you know how many people die in a year due to their ignorance of inflammablity? Well neither do I but I would like to know because I bet its a pretty high number. Anyhow that number whatever it is, is that number to many. There should not be as many deaths as a result to confusion over inflammableness as there are. People need to be made aware of this threat to our society.
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