RE: [OM] [OT] 1910 Amateur Photographer article

[Piers Hemy]

You know Bernard, until you pointed it out I was completely unaware of this
erroneous usage.  I now know otherwise, but can assure you that some of us
"hoi polloi" are certainly not "the elite" - even though there may not be
many of us!
Is it a transatlantic thing?  How is "hoi polloi" used by Francophones?

Piers

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Well, actually, "Hoi polloi" means "the numerous ones", "the mass" - as
opposed to what has (erroneously) become the meaning in English nowadays:
"the few", "the elite".

Bernard




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