On Monday 08 Sep 2003 3:53 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > 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...) > Well, you'd probably know better than me, but I was told that it was a derogatory term of 'potatoe eaters' - 18th century, I understand. May have no truth, though, as I can't even remember who told me.
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