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Re: Flammable (was: Early Conlang Archives)

From:John Cowan <cowan@...>
Date:Friday, March 12, 1999, 15:24
Raymond A. Brown wrote:

> The word seems to be falling into disuse here even in the metaphorical use > where 'inflammatory' is the usual word.
So "inflammatory" now covers both parts of the correlation of "inflammatory rhetoric", that which inflames, vs. "inflammable multitude", that which is inflamed? -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan@ccil.org You tollerday donsk? N. You tolkatiff scowegian? Nn. You spigotty anglease? Nnn. You phonio saxo? Nnnn. Clear all so! 'Tis a Jute.... (Finnegans Wake 16.5)