"Gordon" wrote in message
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On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:45:43 +1300, Jay wrote:

While on the topic.....
How valid is the "pom" label toward the English?
I've been told that:
a) It's supposed to be POHM (Prisoner of Her Majesty) and
b) The actual label is supposed to refer to Australians (more
specifically
those who are a direct descendant of convicts).

POME, Prisioner of Mother England. These were prisions from the UK dumped
in OZ. They were Pomies, see? ;-)

I get that but I thought/was told that the label now (officially) referred
to Australians born out of that ancestry?

Jay