Corroded ( CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square105linkfedilinkarrow-up1200file-text
arrow-up1200message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded ( CorrodedCranium@leminal.space ) to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square105linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet ( Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years 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 ( bizarroland@fedia.io ) linkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet ( Canadian_Cabinet@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years 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