Whats the difference??

[funkyboogalooo]

Whats the difference between flammable and inflammable?

[V8mate]

Nothing. Flammable is the shortened version of inflammable and is in more common use due to confusion surrounding the two terms (i.e. some people thought that inflammable meant 'unable' to catch fire)

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

V8mate said:

Nothing. Flammable is the shortened version of inflammable and is in more common use due to confusion surrounding the two terms (i.e. some people thought that inflammable meant 'unable' to catch fire)

Inflammable was originally English, flammable American. We have now adopted the American.

[Blue Meanie]

I thought one needed an open flame/ignition source, and the other could spontaneously combust at a certain temp?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

....we too have adpoted their billion..

(British billion used to be million million)

[funkyboogalooo]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

....we too have adpoted their billion..

(British billion used to be million million)

What is it now then?

[Simpo Two]

Thousand million

[Blue Meanie]

$2.47

[Einion Yrth]

Simpo Two said:

Thousand million

Which, in turn, used to be a milliard.

[_Deano]

funkyboogalooo said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

....we too have adpoted their billion..

(British billion used to be million million)

What is it now then?

1,000,000,000,000 is a billion; isn't it?

[funkyboogalooo]

so is
1000 x 1000 a million
1000 x 1million a billion
so wots a trillion?

[V8mate]

funkyboogalooo said:

so is
1000 x 1000 a million
1000 x 1million a billion
so wots a trillion?

A thousand billion

[Asterix]

V8mate said:

funkyboogalooo said:

so is
1000 x 1000 a million
1000 x 1million a billion
so wots a trillion?

A thousand billion

I thought that was a Brazillion?

[skeggysteve]

funkyboogalooo said:

Whats the difference between flammable and inflammable?

I alway thought that:

Flammable = you had to put a flame to the material/whatever to make it catch fire.

Inflammable = any flame nearby would cause a fire.

[callyman]

Inflammable means the same as flammable, 'liable to catch fire', 'easily ignited' etc. Because it is often taken to mean the opposite, it is best to avoid using it at all; in official use flammable and non-flammable are the preferred terms.

[freecar]

ha ha, reminds me of the time when I had to educate my junior school teacher in this very topic. She wouldn't believe me until she looked it up in a dictionary!