Ordinal numbers

[Alex Tweedly]

On 04/07/2014 17:09, Mark Wieder wrote:
> +1 on that. In all my time using xtalk, I don't think I have ever used 
> ordinal numbers other than "first" and "last". And those sparingly. 
And why do we not get to use    "penultimate" ?

But I agree,  I'm another who's never used (and never will use) second, 
third, etc. - first and last seem OK, but somehow beyond that it seem 
wrong somehow.


-- Alex.