CorrodedtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish·15 days agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squarearrow-up1363arrow-down14message-square305file-textfedilink
arrow-up1359arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?CorrodedtoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish·15 days agomessage-square305file-textfedilink
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet arrow-up7arrow-down0·15 days agolinkfedilinkI use penultimate all the time and most people have no idea what I mean! We need to bring back the Latin based words
minus-squarebizarrolandarrow-up3arrow-down0·15 days agolinkfedilinkThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet arrow-up4arrow-down0·15 days agolinkfedilinkYep. 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