I thought all old fart's did _underline_ and *bold* as learnt/learned from
Usenet. You young whippersnappers, demoting the King's English, tsk tsk.
Jez
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Oh, I see. I'm a Mac user - we don't DO underline dashes.
> Anyway, hoi polloi has become a compound collective noun in demotic
> English so I'm sorta correct.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 21/04/2009, at 4:26 PM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
>
> > Sorry - I was a bit obtuse.You wrote "the hoi polloi" which
> > translates to
> > "the the many" :-)
> > Jezba the greek
> >
> > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Andrew Fildes
> > <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >
> >> Ancient Greek for the masses ('the many') - used to indicate the
> >> Great Unwashed.
> >> We did this a year ago or so - try and pay attention! :-)
> >> Andrew Fildes
> >> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21/04/2009, at 3:52 AM, Jez Cunningham wrote:
> >>
> >>> _the_ hoi polloi?
> >>> :-)
> >>> Jez
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 10:28 PM, Andrew Fildes
> >>> <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> With the
> >>>> weather cooling, the hoi polloi will soon revert to sheepskin
> >>>> moccasins (black for formal occasions and shopping).
> >>>>
> >>>>
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