Oh, I see. I'm a Mac user - we don't DO underline dashes.
Anyway, hoi polloi has become a compound collective noun in demotic
English so I'm sorta correct.
Andrew Fildes
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On 21/04/2009, at 4:26 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> Sorry - I was a bit obtuse.You wrote "the hoi polloi" which
> translates to
> "the the many" :-)
> Jezba the greek
>
> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Andrew Fildes
> <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Ancient Greek for the masses ('the many') - used to indicate the
>> Great Unwashed.
>> We did this a year ago or so - try and pay attention! :-)
>> Andrew Fildes
>> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>>
>>
>> On 21/04/2009, at 3:52 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>>
>>> _the_ hoi polloi?
>>> :-)
>>> Jez
>>>
>>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Fildes
>>> <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> With the
>>>> weather cooling, the hoi polloi will soon revert to sheepskin
>>>> moccasins (black for formal occasions and shopping).
>>>>
>>>>
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