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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases #34599 07/04/01 05:18 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 B Bobyoungbalt veteran Bobyoungbalt veteran B Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,289 Wow, surely the good sisters taught you what no one else has yet mentioned, that "the hoi polloi" is an egregious tautology, since "hoi" means "the". Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Who are the hoi polloi? Vernon Compton 07/04/01 09:48 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Rapunzel 07/04/01 11:30 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? wordcrazy 07/04/01 12:25 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? wordcrazy 07/04/01 12:29 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Vernon Compton 07/04/01 07:20 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? belligerentyouth 07/05/01 07:48 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? AnnaStrophic 07/05/01 11:04 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Faldage 07/05/01 04:06 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? wwh 07/05/01 04:37 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? Bingley 07/06/01 05:06 AM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? RhubarbCommando 07/05/01 07:12 PM Re: Who are the hoi polloi? RhubarbCommando 07/05/01 07:12 PM Re: other terms of endearment maverick 07/05/01 10:13 PM Re: other terms of endearment wwh 07/05/01 11:47 PM Re: other terms of endearment maverick 07/05/01 11:50 PM Re: other terms of endearment Vernon Compton 07/06/01 12:41 AM Re: the great unwashed paulb 07/06/01 08:40 AM Re: the great unwashed (4 bars to a beatnik) maverick 07/07/01 01:54 AM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases wow 07/04/01 01:10 PM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases Bobyoungbalt 07/04/01 05:18 PM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases Faldage 07/05/01 12:23 PM Re: Hoi Polloi & Foreign phrases wow 07/05/01 06:26 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,423 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 1,033 guests, and 3 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 23 LukeJavan8 3 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,593 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,922 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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