Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Sounds good but POM was never used back in convict times.

There are a few theories but the pomegranate one seems to have the most support. Have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alterna..._British#Pommy

It has been retrofitted as Prisoner of Mother England (i.e. the English are prisoners being held in England) but is often misinterpreted by some poms as Prisoners from Mother England which is meaningless as the pom refers to the English not the Aussies (i.e. they've missed the reversal of the convict "joke").

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Sounds good but POM was never used back in convict times.

There are a few theories but the pomegranate one seems to have the most support. Have a look here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alterna..._British#Pommy

It has been retrofitted as Prisoner of Mother England (i.e. the English are prisoners being held in England) but is often misinterpreted by some poms as Prisoners from Mother England which is meaningless as the pom refers to the English not the Aussies (i.e. they've missed the reversal of the convict "joke").

Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK

Must be an Aussie sense-of-humour thing....or a very private joke.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Or maybe some peeps need to have the joke explained

I first heard it and got it a quarter of a century before I arrived in Aus

Originally Posted by DunRoaminTheUK

A bit like "drop-bears" then. Absolutely hilarious.....like a knock-knock joke.

Originally Posted by Dorothy

I've never heard of a Canadian being called a Mountie unless they actually work for the RCMP. We've always been known as Canucks or maybe Hosers.

Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Or maybe some peeps need to have the joke explained

I first heard it and got it a quarter of a century before I arrived in Aus