Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Someone explained to me the difference between flammable and inflammable once, a
They both mean "this shit will burn." The original word was inflammable, from the Latin for "to set fire to." People kept thinking the "in" meant "not," so people labeling dangerous things went with "flammable."
Semi means half. A semicircle is half of a circle. A semiannual publication comes out twice a year. Semimonthly means twice a month.
Bi- is always unclear and is best avoided because it just means "two", without indicating if you're halving or doubling.
This is why I don't buy the argument that we should accept definitions "everyone" uses, even when they're, wrong, wrong, wrong.
Why is using "two" to mean "half" okay?
It might have been inflammable and combustible. That would make more sense.
To be fair to the rise of "flammable", I have seen "inhabitable" used to mean "not habitable" in official documents and that is just confusing.
I have to go up the whole ten floors at once, because we have split elevators, and the eleventh floor is the first floor on the top half. So you can only get to it from the ground floor and the floors above it by elevator. No gradual working up to that!
Allyson, have you contacted detnews.com? They have a whole Autos section for news on auto industry, they have an auto blog, and they have a direct contact for GM news.
Why is using "two" to mean "half" okay?
Cut it in two pieces.
Oh man, at the end of the work day I hit the worst introvert wall. I know it's partly because I'm tired, but I am currently scared about having more plans over the next few days. Here's hoping I go to bed early and feel better in the morning.
I know how you feel, Jesse. I've been "hide inside" girl all day.
Anyone want to play cliche bingo? I'm writing copy for a Regency-set historical romance. Much intrigue, royals in love, secret heritage, blah blah. If the top headline were "All's Fair in Love and War," what would you put for the second one?
It needs to be about the same number of beats, and something about great passion, or scandal, or ... I don't even know.
I may be too tired for this today.
I also just saw on Twitter than Steve Jobs is resigning as CEO of Apple.
So tomorrow's a good day to buy Apple stock as everyone panics?