From: utzoo!mark
Newsgroups: net.nlang
Title: Re: Opposites 
Article-I.D.: utzoo.2776
Posted: Sat Jan 22 14:15:39 1983
Received: Sat Jan 22 14:15:39 1983
References: brunix.1281 

that "flammable" is properly a word is moot, but certainly neither it nor
"infalmmable" means "very volatile":  "volatile" means "capable of 
evaporation".  water is nearly as volatile as gasoline, but not in the
least inflammable.

				mARK bLOORE
				univ. of toronto