On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 00:21, Marc wrote: > On Monday 08 September 2003 04:59 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > > BTW, she lives in Pommieland with the Pommies - otherwise known as > > "Untitled Kingdom" or "Brutish Isles"; overcrowded overpopulated > > overpriced cold grey rainy - Oooo, what a nice place to live! > > > > Jellied Eels and washed up musicians...hmmm... > > > > stephen kuhn - owner > > Hey Help out a OL Arkee redneck What is this pommie stuff. OK I know it > refers to people in the UK. But Pommie? What is the origin of that term. I > guess I first have to figure out what a Pom is. To early in the morning to > ponder stuff like this, need another coffee maybe that will help.
Originally, it was POHM (Prisoner of Her Majesty), then it was "POMPOUS", then it was "PRIDE OF HER MAJESTY" - ended up being POM...hence "pommie" - hence "whinging pom"... (At least that's how it's been splained to me...) stephen kuhn - owner ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ "There was a vague, unpleasant manginess about his appearence; he somehow seemed dirty, though a close glance showed him as carefully shaven as an actor, and clad in immaculate linen." -- H.L. Mencken, on the death of William Jennings Bryan
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