> In some connection: I am researching to install a fire alarm here...
> Can some native english speaker tell me the difference between flammable and inflammable ?
>
> It sounds to be opposite but from what I have read it seem to mean the same??

Yes, they mean the same thing.

Inflammable is an older word.  They "made" a new word, flammable, to avoid
confusion from warning messages on trucks (carrying gasoline, for
instance) fearing that people may be confused and think that inflammable
meant not flammable.  (as the "in" prefix tends to mean)

At any rate, they both mean the same things.  It's pretty stupid if you
ask me :)

-Steve

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