posts/Ultimo_instant_and_proximo.mdwn

   1 Looking into old birth, death, and marriage records, I ran across
   2 dates such oas "on the 12th instant".  Looking this up it [turns
   3 out][ref] to be shorthand for "the current month".  Related terms:
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   5 * Ultimo (the previous month, from Latin *ultimo mense*, abbreviated *ult*)
   6 * Instant (the current month, from Latin *instante mense*, abbreviated *inst*)
   7 * Proximo (the next month, from Latin *proximo mense*, abbreviated *prox*)
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   9 [ref]: http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-ult2.htm
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  11 [[!tag tags/fun]]