tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post5878563039744130136..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: Penultimate!Joe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-16442315809483636482014-06-20T13:38:35.281-04:002014-06-20T13:38:35.281-04:00Honestly, I never much cared for the term “Penulti...Honestly, I never much cared for the term <i>“Penultimate”</i> myself, and employed it here, because MICKEY MOUSE # 309 was the <i>“next to last”</i> issue of the “Core Four Disney comic books" – and all the more so for the sake of the <i>“Porky Pig joke”</i>. <br /><br />It never sounded <i>”right”</i> to me, for similar reasons to those you suggest. <br /><br />But, even Microsoft Word’s thesaurus offers:<br /><br /><i> “Last but one”, “Second to last”, “One before the last”</i>, and <i> “Next to last” </i><br /><br />So, I guess the use is proper, and I liked the <i>“Porky Pig joke”</i>.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-4145048137273424982014-06-19T15:21:31.135-04:002014-06-19T15:21:31.135-04:00A lot of people say "penultimate" when t...A lot of people say "penultimate" when they obviously mean "ultimate." Apparently, they think that the "pen-" is an intensifier. If you use it that way, people who know better will recognize the mistake, and even people who don't know the difference will probably think it's pretentious.<br /><br />And, what about Marvel's "Ultimates" line? Does it mean that the comics they published before were only penultimate?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com