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Hoi Polloi is the title of a literary journal produced by Dog Days Press in Massachusetts [45] Ahoi Polloi is the name of a well-known German cartoon blog [46] The phrase has also been used in commercial works as the name a race of people hoi polloi is used by the character Kindle in the video game Advance Wars: Dual Strike [47]
hoi polloi – The question surrounding hoi polloi is whether it is appropriate to use the article the preceding the phrase; it arises because οἱ (hoi) is the Greek word for "the" in the phrase and classical purists complain that adding the makes the phrase redundant: "the the common people". Foreign phrases borrowed into English are often ...
Since the 19th century, a few learned words have been introduced using a direct transliteration of Ancient Greek, including the Greek endings, rather than the traditional Latin-based spelling: nous (νοῦς), koine (κοινή), hoi polloi (οἱ πολλοί), kudos (κύδος), moron (μωρόν), kubernetes (κυβερνήτης).
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Hoi polloi is about class, not race. Johntex\ talk 17:37, 10 May 2007 (UTC) Hearing no complaints, I have updated the capture to say, "The Hoi Polloi march in a protest for more rights." Johntex\ talk 19:21, 13 May 2007 (UTC) It is an interesting choice to use as hoi polloi.
Half-Wits Holiday is a reworking of 1935's Hoi Polloi, without the aid of any stock footage. Half-Wits Holiday would itself later be reworked as 1958's Pies and Guys.. The untimely absence of Curly from the pie fight would prove somewhat helpful when pie-fight footage was later needed.
Hoi Polloi: 10 August 29, 1935 Dance lesson scene Dizzy Detectives: 68 February 5, 1943 Pardon My Scotch: 9 August 1, 1935 Carpenter scene Dizzy Pilots: 74 September 24, 1943 Boobs in Arms: 52 December 27, 1940 most drill sergeant sequences Pest Man Wins: 136 December 6, 1951 Ants in the Pantry: 12 February, 1936 plot only; no stock footage ...
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