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Old February 9th, 2005, 12:53 PM
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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).


Wrong. The most likely etymology is that it is a contraction of
"pomegranates", a former rhyming slang term for "immigrants".


Very wrong!


How the **** would you know you dumb ****?
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Old February 9th, 2005, 10:55 PM
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Gordon wrote:

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:45:43 +1300, Jay wrote:


While on the topic.....


a) It's supposed to be POHM (Prisoner of Her Majesty) and



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


The most plausible so far for me is that pom is a short for
POHMIE (prisoner of her majesty in exile), written beside the
name on convicts' documents. So POHMIE - pommie - pom.


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Old February 9th, 2005, 11:07 PM
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Judges1318 wrote:


The most plausible so far for me is that pom is a short for
POHMIE (prisoner of her majesty in exile), written beside the
name on convicts' documents. So POHMIE - pommie - pom.



Obligatory reference to snopes

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm

Claim: "Pommy" (or "pom"), a slang term for a British person, comes
from the acronym POHM, which was used to designate a "Prisoner of His
Majesty."

Status: False.

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Old February 10th, 2005, 12:51 AM
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"JD" wrote in message
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Jay wrote:
"JD" wrote in message
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Jay wrote:


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).

Wrong. The most likely etymology is that it is a contraction of
"pomegranates", a former rhyming slang term for "immigrants".


Very wrong!


How the **** would you know you dumb ****?


I'm (what you would call) a pommie. And a Cockney to boot.
Besides in my language pomegranates and immigrants don't even come close to
rhyming.

Jay


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Old February 10th, 2005, 01:26 AM
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Jay wrote:

I'm (what you would call) a pommie. And a Cockney to boot.
Besides in my language pomegranates and immigrants don't even come close to
rhyming.

Jay


They do in Australia
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Old February 10th, 2005, 08:28 AM
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"Axle" wrote in message
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Jay wrote:

I'm (what you would call) a pommie. And a Cockney to boot.
Besides in my language pomegranates and immigrants don't even come close
to rhyming.

Jay

They do in Australia


As I said..... in my language
Given the Aussie twang you could make just about anything rhyme!

Jay


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Old February 10th, 2005, 08:45 AM
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Judges1318 wrote:
Gordon wrote:

On Tue, 08 Feb 2005 20:45:43 +1300, Jay wrote:


While on the topic.....


a) It's supposed to be POHM (Prisoner of Her Majesty) and


I always thought it was short for pomme de terre [1] which rhymes with
l'angeterre [2]

[1] French for Potato (lit. apple of the earth)
[2] French for England.

In others words its like calling them potato heads.

Caution: spelling of french words was never my forte.


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Old February 10th, 2005, 10:55 PM
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JD wrote:

What do you mean 'valid'? Its what Australians call English immigrants.


Akshully it's what we called anyone with a Pommie accent!

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Old February 10th, 2005, 10:55 PM
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Jay wrote:

I always get suspicious when an Australian uses a big word.


So do we, mate! No plethora of polysyllables for us lot. Gives us the
heeby-jeebies....

Rifty

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Old February 11th, 2005, 12:22 AM
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"Axle" wrote in message
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Jay wrote:

I'm (what you would call) a pommie. And a Cockney to boot.
Besides in my language pomegranates and immigrants don't even come close
to rhyming.

Jay

They do in Australia


Okay, give us the phonetics?


 




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