Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 hours agoWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?message-squaremessage-square116fedilinkarrow-up1152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1152arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?Corroded@leminal.space to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 9 hours agomessage-square116fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 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-squarebizarroland@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 hours agoThat means the item right before the last item, right?
minus-squareCanadian_Cabinet @lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 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