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Thread #126579   Message #2819959
Posted By: Richard Bridge
23-Jan-10 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mass. Senatorial race
Subject: RE: BS: Mass. Senatorial race
Hoi Polloi. No "The". The "H" is a transliteration of a rough breathing on the classical Greek definite article. So "The Hoi Polloi" really means "The the [populace]".