Browncoat Bar & Grill - Q

POSTED BY: Kelkhil
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 15:00
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7 years of customer service or IT will crush the soul of even the most ruthless philanthropist or irrepressible optimist.

Been there, done that, staked the idiot.

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Originally posted by freelancertex:

I've always wondered why 'inflammable' means 'flammable'. It just doesn't seem to make sense.

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This is my understanding of the origin of flammable:

Inflammable comes from the root word to inflame. So, inflammable means able to inflame.

Unfortunately, in English, the prefix "in" means "not." So, marking things with the word inflammable has made some people think that things are not combustible when in fact they are. Lives have been lost.

So, the word "flammable" came into use and is the much better word to use for combustible.

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Originally posted by Gee: Erm... FLT, I believe the man in PR's photo, is moshing ie nearest to a moshing emoticon, could be slam dancing of course, me, I'm always at the back watching the band or in the band so not really an expert.

trying to cultivate a loving tolerance to all mankind but not going well, there's something about users that does bad things to me and yet once upon a time I was amazingly tolerant, I think perhaps 7 years of IT has done bad things to me though.

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Maybe it's time for a change of pace/career? :\ *hugs*

*GASP* I have a moshing emoticon!!!! granted, it's not an individual spazzoutmoshing, but it's still fun



Solar: thanks for that well thought out response :) and yeah, the prefix does tend to make things a tad confusing :\ I vote we change the meaning/get rid of 'inflammable' for the sake of clarity >_o

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Originally posted by freelancertex:
I've always wondered why 'inflammable' means 'flammable'. It just doesn't seem to make sense.

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((sigh)) I know SolarFlare already answered this, and quite well, too... but....

Have you ever, even once, considered educating yourself?

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gigglesnort....

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Reminds me of The Three Amigos,
"He's more than famous, he's IN-famous."
English is so messed up. I always have props for the people who have to learn it.

'Who are you and how did you get in here?' 'I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.'
Police Squad

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lolz I love that quote XD

English is a very non-specific language compared to some others (not to mention conversational English alone can get way convoluted). Structurally speaking, we're subject heavy; verb conjugation isn't affected much by the subject (I, he, they, we, you), but in a lot of other languages it is-- each subject (or almost every subject) has a different verb ending.

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Originally posted by gee:
Mind you, I get proper deja vue everynow again where I'd swear I dreamed stuff before but it's always really mundane situations and never something interesting.

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I've had that very sensation!

Blarg. I've spent 20 hours at work and at least 10 hours on homework in the past three days. I can't believe these are supposed to be 'lower-level' design classes. I don't know how the people who don't really know what they're doing keep up with the workload. Free time is become a thing of the past.
I still have to design a logo by tonight. And do a few other things. I worked on these things for three hours last night, and they're still not all done. Crikey >.<

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Hey all,

PR, I don't get how you can do design work with this level of workload unless it works on the level of practise and performance for musicians and I wouldn't want to be examind on that.

I'm sat icing bits of my body, I'm meant to be washing up and revising but my other half sneakily put on House, not fair, really ought to start.

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