The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #104433 Message #3283544
Posted By: Richard Bridge
02-Jan-12 - 01:58 PM
Thread Name: BS: Lord Cochrane-O'Brians inspiration?
Subject: RE: BS: Lord Cochrane-O'Brians inspiration?
Please, Terry.
hoi polloi.
Hoi is the close transliteration of teh relevant classical Greek definite article ("oi" with a rough breathing at the beginning).
So "The hoi" is "the the".