Diary of a Brisbane Summer

On Thu, 10 Feb 2005 23:22:27 +0000, Road_Hog wrote:


"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?

Who am I to dispute your esteemed state broadcaster ?

http://www.abc.net.au/classic/breakf...s/s1019162.htm

The legend is that pommy comes from the letters P.O.M.E standing for
"Prisoner of Mother England" - in other words, a convict.
Unfortunately for believers in the legend, the word pommy entered the
language too long after convict transportation ended for this to be true.
The most likely explanation is that it started as a form of rhyming slang
to describe new immigrants from England. An elderly letter writer to The
Sydney Morning Herald in 1983 recalled school children, before the First
World War, chanting: "immigranate, pomegranate" at new arrivals. From
this sort of "immigrant/pommegrant" rhyming slang the word pommy was
first formed. There may also have been a suggestion that the pink cheeks
of the new arrivals resembled the pomegranate fruit. But that is where it
comes from. Probably. With such oral folk lore we can never be 100%
certain of anything!

Road_Hog wrote:
"Axle" wrote in message
...

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?


Pommygran'ts and immigrants. Aspar'gus. Def'nitely. Secret'ry. Happens
quite a lot. Notice how George W pronounces the name of his country -
if you didn't know already would you hear that it has an "I" in it?

A L P

On Fri, 11 Feb 2005 15:21:10 +1300, A L P
wrote:

Road_Hog wrote:
"Axle" wrote in message
...

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?


Pommygran'ts and immigrants. Aspar'gus. Def'nitely. Secret'ry. Happens
quite a lot. Notice how George W pronounces the name of his country -
if you didn't know already would you hear that it has an "I" in it?

A L P

As in "Merkins"

Howard Edwards

Rifty wrote:
JD wrote:

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

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

The difference being?

JD wrote:

Rifty wrote:
JD wrote:

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

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

The difference being?

Not all English people in this country are immigrants. Many are here on
holidays or visiting family or with MCC on their caps. They get called
Poms just the same! It's a term that doesn't refer only to immigrants.

We would also call English people who live in England and never come to
Oz Poms! So the difference is worth the explanation for the sake of
clarity.

Cheers,

Rifty.


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"Baranggay Ginebra" wrote in message
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Subject: Diary of a Brisbane Summer


Diary of a Brisbane Summer (by a Pom)

August 31st:
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this
is
a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see
the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.

September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms And
rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another
scorcher today, but I love it here.

October 10th:
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used to
this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I Expected

October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed
3
days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to
respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By
the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up to
the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
told
the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and
cats.h.i.t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.

October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's hot As
hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman
Charged
$200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.

October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000 House
and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?

November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It Cost
$500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity Makes
the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.

November 8th:
If another wise a.r.s.e cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator
was
boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like bloody cat
s.h.i.t and whiskettes.

November 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the Black
leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2
layers
of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and My arse. Now my car
smells like burnt hair, fried a.r.s.e, and baked cat.

November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and sunny. Hot
and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn
Months
and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it Ever
rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next, so my $2,000 worth
of
palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody pool. Even the palms
can't
live in this heat.

November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the air-conditioner's
gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you
today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house payment to bail my a.r.s.e
out
of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bloody Brisbane. What kind of a sick
demented idiot would want to live here?

December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are f*cking kidding...



When i went there it ****ed down of rain for 2 Weeks and was not to hot.
That was December 2004

Gud story tho





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"Baranggay Ginebra" wrote in message
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Subject: Diary of a Brisbane Summer


Diary of a Brisbane Summer (by a Pom)

August 31st:
Just got transferred with work into our new home in Brisbane!! Now this
is
a city that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy
evenings. What a place! I watched the sunset from a deck chair on the
verandah. It was beautiful. I've finally found my home. I love it here.

September 13th:
Really heating up. Got to 35 today. Not a problem. Live in an
air-conditioned home, drive an air-conditioned car. What a pleasure to see
the sun everyday like this. I'm turning into a sun worshiper.

September 30th:
Had the backyard landscaped with tropical plants today. Lots of palms And
rocks. What a breeze to maintain. No more mowing lawn for me. Another
scorcher today, but I love it here.

October 10th:
The temperature hasn't been below 30 all week. How do people get used to
this kind of heat? At least today it's kind of windy though. But getting
used to the heat and humidity is taking longer that I Expected

October 15th:
Fell asleep by the pool. Got 3rd degree burns over 60% of my body. Missed
3
days of work. What a dumb thing to do. I learned my lesson though. Got to
respect the ol' sun in a climate like this.

October 20th:
I missed Kitty (our cat) sneaking into the car when I left this morning.
By
the time I got to the hot car for lunch, Kitty had died and swollen up to
the size of a shopping bag and stank up the $3,000 leather upholstery.
told
the kids that she ran away. The car now smells like Wiskettes and
cats.h.i.t. I learned my lesson though. No more pets in this heat.

October 25th:
The wind sucks. It feels like a giant bloody blow dryer!! And it's hot As
hell. The home air-conditioner is on the blink and the AC repairman
Charged
$200 just to drive over and tell me he needed to order parts.

October 30th:
Been sleeping outside by the pool for 3 nights now. Bloody $450,000 House
and we can't even go inside. Why did I ever come here?

November 4th:
It's 35 degrees. Finally got the ol' air-conditioner fixed today. It Cost
$500 and gets the temperature down to 25, but this bloody humidity Makes
the
house feel like it's about 30. Stupid repairman. I hate this stupid place.

November 8th:
If another wise a.r.s.e cracks, "Hot enough for you today?" I'm going to
strangle him. Bloody heat. By the time I get to work the car's radiator
was
boiling over, my clothes are soaking wet, and I smell like bloody cat
s.h.i.t and whiskettes.

November 9th:
Tried to run some messages after work. Wore shorts, and sat on the Black
leather seats in the ol' car. I thought my arse was on fire. I lost 2
layers
of flesh and all the hair on the back of my legs and My arse. Now my car
smells like burnt hair, fried a.r.s.e, and baked cat.

November 10th:
The weather report might as well be a bloody recording. Hot and sunny. Hot
and sunny. Hot and sunny. It's been too hot to do anything for 2 damn
Months
and the weatherman says it might really warm up next week. Doesn't it Ever
rain in this damn place? Water rationing will be next, so my $2,000 worth
of
palms just might dry up and blow into the bloody pool. Even the palms
can't
live in this heat.

November 14th:
Welcome to HELL!!! Temperature got to 38 today. Now the air-conditioner's
gone in my car. The repairman came to fix it and said, "Hot enough for you
today?" My wife had to spend the $2,500 house payment to bail my a.r.s.e
out
of jail for assaulting the repairman. Bloody Brisbane. What kind of a sick
demented idiot would want to live here?

December 1st:
WHAT????? This is the first day of Summer???? You are f*cking kidding...



When i went there it ****ed down of rain for 2 Weeks and was not to hot.
That was December 2004

Gud story tho





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When i went there it ****ed down of rain for 2 Weeks and was not to hot.
That was December 2004

Gud story tho



Weve been in Brissie for 4 years and not since 2001 have we seen two weeks
of rain. Sure you wernt just asleep in the shower? Damn I wish that it would
rain for a day or three now though.

Scotty wrote:

When i went there it ****ed down of rain for 2 Weeks and was not to hot.
That was December 2004

Gud story tho


Weve been in Brissie for 4 years and not since 2001 have we seen two weeks
of rain. Sure you wernt just asleep in the shower? Damn I wish that it would
rain for a day or three now though.

We used to get a lot of rain in Perth, but it seems to not be so the
past few years. I used to look forward to it.

Makes me almost wish we had Melbourne weather over here - cold and wet
and dismal.. Perfect I rekon.

It's damn 40 degrees plus today, and muggier than a fat womans bum at
the gym...

I guess my mate won out, he got that damn Darwin weather down here. 8^\

Chris Wilkinson wrote:
Hi there,

38C is pretty rough going. My partner and I have lived in Brisbane for 7
weeks now and have seen 37C on the 2nd day we were here. That sucked!
Since that initial heatwave passed its actually been quite tolerable,
with the temp getting to around 28-32 most days, and dropping to around
18-20 at night...

The worst heat I've ever encountered was 41 in Rangiora in 1991...that
was higher on the 'it sucks' scale than anything we've encountered in
Australia so far! :-)


It was near 44 where I was working yesterday here in Perth, and there's
no aircon in the car. Didn't kill me, I was pretty drenched for a while
there though.