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Old 12-09-2007, 22:11   #12
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Re: More Car Parking Fees???

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Originally Posted by jambutty View Post
I’m one of the hoipolloi or oik as you put it. I prefer hoipolloi – it has a classier ring to it. Oik sounds so pig like. In any case you couldn’t call a Jew or a Muslim an oik – it would offend them.
I only mentioned the word 'oik', as you seemed to think the ideas put forward were an attack by the ruling classes on the proletariat. It's a word in common usage. See dictionary.


oik definition - Dictionary - MSN Encarta
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