we learnt a new term yesterday, and it is funny for it sounds the opposite to what it is:
Hoi polloi (
Ancient Greek:
οἱ πολλοί), an expression meaning "the many" in
Greek, is used in
English to denote "the masses" or "the people", usually in a
derogatory sense.
Synonyms for "hoi polloi" include "...
commoners, great unwashed, minions,
multitude,
plebeians,
proletariat, rabble,
rank and file, riffraff,
the common people, the herd, the many, the masses, the
peons, the
working class"
so this is our adventure documented for those that think our roles are laid out for us in life: ....wot yar waiting for, lets go...
Hoi polloi involved in pub brawl (as expected)
Hoi Polloi repenting their sins, guiding visitors into the evening mass preparing the toffs for work on Monday...
However: once hoi polloi, always hoi polloi....
5 comments:
I've been to St Albans and it is VERY posh. You go get 'em!
i know, and we didn't even know what toi polloi meant until yesterday....!!!!
Sorry do you really live in a council estate, really...I don't know if we can be friends in that case.
Still I suppose you do have a very posh dog so perhaps that's alright, just get some Hunter wellies to match.
Hoi Polloi, never to be confused with 'hoity toity' of course; Vigo is for sure the peoples' princess.
xxx
I say: Vizslas take over the world - Vizslas are classless (because they don't care) and classy (because we allow them to be).
redgirls are trying to work out if we are hoi polloi ... or hoity toity. Mmum says we are tarts - what does that mean? That we are sweet? mmm - well yes we are. Kisses and hugs to all XXXX
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