Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square302fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1349arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square302fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet linkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 months agoI use penultimate all the time and most people have no idea what I mean! We need to bring back the Latin based words
minus-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months agoThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet linkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 months agoYep. That’s actually how we say last and whatnot in Spanish: último is last and penúltimo is 2nd to last
I use penultimate all the time and most people have no idea what I mean! We need to bring back the Latin based words
That means the item right before the last item, right?
Yep. That’s actually how we say last and whatnot in Spanish: último is last and penúltimo is 2nd to last