User talk:2603:8001:4542:28FB:BC84:B937:5E69:2838

Flammable/inflammable

Please explain why you are changing instances of "flammable" to "inflammable". In many cases, the accompanying source says "inflammable" so there is no need to alter the terminology. ... discospinster _talk 01:05, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The Wikipedia article for inflammable itself states that The word "inflammable" may be erroneously thought to mean "non-flammable". The erroneous usage of the word "inflammable" is a significant safety hazard. Therefore, since the 1950s, efforts to put forward the use of "flammable" in place of "inflammable" were accepted by linguists, and it is now the accepted standard in American English and British English. In my eyes at least, regardless of surrounding context in the article, "inflammable" could potentially confuse someone; "flammable" is guaranteed not to. (And I'm changing inflammable to flammable, not the other way around.) 2603:8001:4542:28FB:BC84:B937:5E69:2838 (talk) 01:07, 3 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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