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I love the term "the hoi polloi." Yes, technically the English word the is redundant (because the Greek word hoi is also "the"). But the redundancy makes the te
by dctoedt 5y ago
I love the term "the hoi polloi." Yes, technically the English word the is redundant (because the Greek word hoi is also "the"). But the redundancy makes the term more-quickly understandable. From a UI/UX perspective — with the correct primary goal being not slavish brevity but service to the reader — here the redundancy is a good thing.
(Cf. "ATM machine.")
- dunham 5y agoYeah, my pet theory is that English has naturally evolved to repeat the last word of acronyms to disambiguate them.