Date:    Thu, 9 Apr 1998 11:07:28 +1000
<br>From:    Ross Chambers <maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]OZEMAIL.COM.AU>
<br>Subject: (In)flammable
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<br>Not "un" but "in", and related?
<br>Somewhere (Australia?) a conscious policy to delete the 'in' from
<br>'inflammable' was made.It was felt that those speaking English as a
<br>second language would perceive dangerous goods marked in this way as not
<br>flammable.
<br>Is this an example of successful prescription?
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<br>Regards - Ross Chambers
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<br>Ross Chambers           Sydney       Australia
<br>maelduin[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ozemail.com.au
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<br>"L'Australia non e solo agli antipodi, e lontana da tutto,
<br>  talora anche da sa stessa."
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<br>(Australia is not only  at the Antipodes, she is away from everything,
<br>sometimes even from herself)
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<br>Umberto Eco
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