XPost: rec.arts.anime.misc   
   From: david@block.net   
      
   On 10 Aug 2007 11:50:16 -0600, Eric Schwartz    
   wrote:   
      
   >Captain Nerd  writes:   
   >>  Eric Schwartz  wrote:   
   >> > So that's a good reason to use the wrong word?   
   >>   
   >>    It's worked for millenia, why change now?   
   >>   
   >>    (hint: why are "flammable" and "inflammable" synonyms?)   
   >   
   >Hint: not the reason you think.   
   >   
   >Flammable comes from the Latin word flammare.   
   >Inflammable comes from the Latin word inflammare.   
   >   
   >Both words are (clearly) related, but distinct.  "In-" does not always   
   >mean "without, not".   
   >   
   >>    The "wrong word" is the word that isn't mutually understood by   
   >>    the speaker/writer and the listener/reader.   
   >   
   >The "wrong word" is the word that makes understanding more difficult   
   >or introduces ambiguity where precision is available.  Understanding   
   >may be possible even with the "wrong word", but it may be clumsy or   
   >confusing.   
      
   Given that he actually gave the link to say which wiki he was talking   
   about, I see no ambiguity.   
      
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