Has anyone pointed out yet that Hoy “sophisticated” is likely an antonymic reference to hoi polloi?
I'd assumed it was based on "hoity-toity", or just a stereotypical British pronunciation of the word "high". ________________________________ From: tlhIngan-Hol <tlhingan-hol-bounces@lists.kli.org> on behalf of Doug Henning <likethemagician@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, July 26, 2019 1:03:53 AM To: tlhingan-hol@kli.org Subject: Re: [tlhIngan Hol] New Words and Grammar Points from qep'a' cha'maH javDIch Has anyone pointed out yet that Hoy “sophisticated” is likely an antonymic reference to hoi polloi? Doug On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 10:16 AM nIqolay Q <niqolay0@gmail.com<mailto:niqolay0@gmail.com>> wrote: On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 5:58 AM Rhona Fenwick <qeslagh@hotmail.com<mailto:qeslagh@hotmail.com>> wrote: teH mIwvam. 'e' vIwoqlaH. :P This is a good thought, though why the -qa' would be there is beyond me. ghaytan mu' qID meqna' 'oHbe' meqvetlh'e'. Dochmey loS roSqa'tejpu' 'e' vIrIch neH vIneH. On Thu, Jul 25, 2019 at 9:56 AM Alan Anderson <qunchuy@alcaco.net<mailto:qunchuy@alcaco.net>> wrote: You’re telling us that archeologists are concerned with re-licks? toH! Datu'ta'! chay' vIleghbe'... _______________________________________________ tlhIngan-Hol mailing list tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org<mailto:tlhIngan-Hol@lists.kli.org> http://lists.kli.org/listinfo.cgi/tlhingan-hol-kli.org