Our lordly style You shall not quench With base canaille! (That word is French.) Distinction ebbs Before a herd Of vulgar plebs! (A Latin word.) ’Twould fill with joy, And madness stark The oί πoλλoί! (A Greek remark.) One Latin word, one Greek remark, And one that’s French.
blehfu commented on the word obtest
I would love it if 'obtesty' was a legitimate word.
Dec 23, 2010
blehfu commented on the word hoi polloi
Our lordly style
You shall not quench
With base canaille!
(That word is French.)
Distinction ebbs
Before a herd
Of vulgar plebs!
(A Latin word.)
’Twould fill with joy,
And madness stark
The oί πoλλoί!
(A Greek remark.)
One Latin word, one Greek remark,
And one that’s French.
- Iolanthe, Gilbert & Sullivan
Mar 29, 2010