I suggest we decimate the english language - go through a thesaurus and cross out every tenth word.
If that takes out penultimate, so be it.
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Good idea. Can we start with the second last one though?
While we’re at it we should end women’s suffrage.
I see dumb people.
They’re everywhere.
They don’t know they’re dumb.
(Yes, it’s ripped off from The Sixth Sense)
And this is normalcy, is it?
Don’t abolish the word, just make people carry a license stating that they’re trained and educated in its proper use, and implement a fine for misuse of the word. Proceeds from the fine can be used to educate people about the proper use of commonly misused words.
If you all don’t quit your yapping about “penultimate,” I might go all nothosonomistic on you.
(I just had to chime in with my favorite odd word.)
Which appears to not be an actual word. Where did you find this friend of yours?
Happy you asked. Although I may have the form of the word a bit off.
I forbid the abolition of penultimate.
Everytime I hear the word I think of one of my favorite Far Sides, “Second to last of the Mohicans”, and get a good giggle for the day.
Fun site!
We’re never going to get a consensus of opinion on this issue.
:eek: OMG! That’s what that word is! I’ve listened to that song a thousand times and never picked that up.
Well, that’s one more thing I can cross off my list.