What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 hours ago message-square38fedilinkarrow-up191
arrow-up191message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know? Corroded ( @CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish • 8 hours ago message-square38fedilink
minus-square Canadian_Cabinet ( @Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink4•7 hours 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-square bizarroland ( @bizarroland@fedia.io ) linkfedilink1•5 hours agoThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-square Canadian_Cabinet ( @Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilink2•4 hours 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