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Re: Negative ordinality (was: Please welcome . . .)

From:Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
Date:Tuesday, December 16, 2003, 1:54
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 08:41:39PM +0000, Ray Brown wrote:
> >At any rate, the form "minus oneth" is in use, > > I know - but then so, alas, is 'thirty-twoth' for my old fashioned 'thirty- > second'.
Thirty-twoth? Really? Are you sure they weren't counting teeth? "Yup, that's a 30-tooth skull, all right . . ." I've never heard such a thing. Except for ..11th and ..12th, numbers ending in 1 and 2 are always ..1st and ..2nd. -Mark

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