Who Wants Some Pie?

I really hate it when people talk of "the hoi poloi". Why "the" when one has the "hoi" immediately after. "The the people". Rather silly and demonstrates a singular lack of a decent classical education.

I really hate it when people talk of "hoi poloi". "Polloi" is, of course, spelled with two 'l' (transliteration for the Ancient Greek letter lambda). Rather silly and demonstrates a singular lack of a decent classical education. :)