tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post1703134347378329668..comments2024-02-10T20:49:20.762-05:00Comments on bjkeefe: Hoity-toity!bjkeefehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10967912817595826059noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3662517.post-53058374314874778082012-08-09T04:10:54.742-04:002012-08-09T04:10:54.742-04:00"hoi polloi" does not impress the underc..."hoi polloi" does not impress the underclasses, as they don't even know you're disdaining them: irony directed at the witless is like sex without a partner.<br /><br />Nor does it impress the upper classes who merely stand and wait to unmasking those presumers who would pleonastically prefix an extra "the" to the sufficently articulate "hoi", and then dare to treat the plural whole with singular disdain.<br /><br />Hypocrisy is a charge best served cold to such posers.Zo Kwe Zohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11009268051282300971noreply@blogger.com