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icon6.gif Oddities  [message #8688] Wed, 26 March 2003 22:49 Go to next message
timmy

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It is not possible to fall over if you "overbalance". It is if you "underbalance" So why do we say it wrong?


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Re: Oddities  [message #8689 is a reply to message #8688] Wed, 26 March 2003 22:51 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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Flammable, means to be easy to set alight.

"in" as a prefic signifies "not" so "Inflammable" means the reverse of "flammable", but it doesn't.

And where does "imflammable" come from?


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I think you have WAY too much spare time on your hands......  [message #8690 is a reply to message #8689] Wed, 26 March 2003 22:53 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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icon7.gif Invaluable thoughts here.  [message #8699 is a reply to message #8690] Thu, 27 March 2003 04:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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In that same vane  [message #8719 is a reply to message #8688] Thu, 27 March 2003 19:12 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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If CONstruction is to put together and DEstruction is to take apart, shouldn't INstruction mean that it can't be put together? And what the hell is a struction anyways?

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icon6.gif ArE yOu TrYiNg To HuRt OuRr bRaInS!!!!!  [message #8720 is a reply to message #8689] Thu, 27 March 2003 19:19 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Don't understand lol... feel brain melting....  [message #8755 is a reply to message #8689] Fri, 28 March 2003 00:27 Go to previous message
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