False Friends (words, not people) - Page 3

ToothCentral · #41 25.07.2012, 07:37

	Quote:	me.anon
	The first point my be a difference between american and british english usage: http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/inflammable

Thanks for the cool web site, very useful!

me.anon · #42 25.07.2012, 22:21

	Quote:	mirfield
	Absolutely not. Inflammable also means easy to catch fire (literally, "able to inflame", I guess). Flammable and Inflammable are synonyms. I recent(ish) years there's been a trend to avoid the word inflammable to stop this sort of confusion.

Here are couple pictures I found in Google Images which my prove the point. Read the text carefully.

Laertes · #43 26.07.2012, 01:37

A 'Botschafter' actually is an ambassador. A diplomat is called 'Diplomat' in German as well.