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Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2001 16:16:28 -0400 (EDT)
From: james jayo <jajayo@bu.edu>
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Subject: hoity polloi
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> I wonder if this mistake was influenced by the use of the expression "hoity
> toity".

I haven't followed the hoi polloi thread closely, but I think that anyone
who says 'the people' in Greek for no good reason, other than to exhibit
a knowledge of Greek, is bound to seem obnoxious and elitist. It may just
be a case of associating the phrase with the people who use it. 

Though I like the idea that hoity toity comes into it somehow.

Best,
~James

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