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Originally Posted by pdurrant
flammable and inflammable have always amused me.
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Indeed (which doesn't mean
not a deed).
BTW: Why is the word
inflammable not
inflamable (or, more precisely,
enflamable)?
The substitution of
in for
en could be one of the reasons for the inconsistencies in prefix usage which so many have noted.
One could also argue that the evolution of language is more like rotting than maturing. In which case there might be a point at which a restart is necessary (perhaps through a new civilization after some sweeping disaster).