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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (13 children)

Isn't the guy at the zeroith table?

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 28 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (11 children)

There is no such thing as "zeroith". Does not matter which numbers you slap on the tables, the one with the lowest number will always be the first. The word "first" has nothing to do with indices, it's just an antonym for "last".

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I kind of brought this up in another comment, that "first" and "1st" aren't really the same thing. Which is confusing when you extend that to fourth/4th five/5th. I don't generally see someone write "zeroith", but I'll see "0th".

[–] TwilightKiddy@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

And here I thought people write "1st" because they are lazy and want to press 3 keys instead of 5.

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