Do Brits still get pommed?
Sep 27th 2009 | 12:08 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
Yes.
I don't actually agree with the naive, gullible types who think it's ''meant affectionately''.
I think there is at least an element of insult/attack/criticism intended when an Aussie uses the term ''pom'' and/or ''pommy''.
And if they say ''pommy bastard'', then the intention is surely obvious.
I don't actually agree with the naive, gullible types who think it's ''meant affectionately''.
I think there is at least an element of insult/attack/criticism intended when an Aussie uses the term ''pom'' and/or ''pommy''.
And if they say ''pommy bastard'', then the intention is surely obvious.
pommy bastard - 2 definitions - Englishman that complains a lot
With your first first sentence, you are basically saying that the majority of people who live here, and accept the term POM in the way that it is normally intended, are naive and gullible.
In that case I would rather be naive and gullible, and accepted as a friend by Australians who use the term POM, than be paranoid that everyone is out to get me.... (hmm that brings back memories)
Sep 27th 2009 | 2:08 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
Interested last night in an interview with Stephen Curry (think he is suposed to be a comedian here) on Rove, who is working on the same radio station as Kyle Sandilands is, he was whingeing about the fact that before he went on air they now have to sign a document agreeing what they can't say on air. He was bemoaning the fact that he was not now allowed to use racial villification in his vocabularly - which in the radio stations definition includes using the word 'pom'. Apparently this is unfair because all us poms whinge, stink and steal..
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Sep 27th 2009 | 2:16 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
It amazes me how the TV and radio presenters find it OK to refer to the British as pommys and get away with it. Even sometimes in the news where you would expect things to be a bit more PC. Would they use awful terms like calling the chinese 'chinks' or people from pakhistan 'paki's' or the French 'Frog's' and get away with it?
From that I can only assume some Australian people don't realise that some people from the UK actually do take offence to being called a pom?
Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to point out all the time that we are from different countries and stop being so competitive about it all?
From that I can only assume some Australian people don't realise that some people from the UK actually do take offence to being called a pom?
Wouldn't it be nice if we didn't have to point out all the time that we are from different countries and stop being so competitive about it all?
Sep 27th 2009 | 3:18 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
Maybe it's because us brits can take a joke. So many countries take there nationality too seriously. Every country has its flaws.. although from some people you speak to they seem to be ignorant of that fact. How many times have you heard "my country is the best in the world because blah blah blah". Well if your saying that, and you not even living in your home country.. it says it all!!
Just dont like being called a stinking thieving whinger. By anybody - no matter whether i live in 'their' country or my own.
Sep 27th 2009 | 3:35 pm
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Sep 27th 2009 | 4:11 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
A question for everyone to consider..
What term should the Australians have used for the English ? bearing in mind that people like to use single syllables.
What term should the Australians have used for the English ? bearing in mind that people like to use single syllables.
Sep 27th 2009 | 5:24 pm
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Sep 27th 2009 | 5:45 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
I've only been called a whinging Pom once in jest by an English mate who now has citzenship!
mostly ausies call me darl or sweetie
mostly ausies call me darl or sweetie
Sep 27th 2009 | 7:27 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
unless we take wikapidia for the gospel no one really knows what pom means...
bit hard to be offended by it......its more the way its been said
would limey be offensive?
are the scots offended my jock?
in england people from another town get a nick name scouse, geordie, brummie, manc, dee dar, dingle, tyke
maybe they are, i never realised paddy was until an irish work mate put me straight
aussies call americans "sepos"....from septic tank-yank
no malice intended just aussie humor i suppose
bit hard to be offended by it......its more the way its been said
would limey be offensive?
are the scots offended my jock?
in england people from another town get a nick name scouse, geordie, brummie, manc, dee dar, dingle, tyke
maybe they are, i never realised paddy was until an irish work mate put me straight
aussies call americans "sepos"....from septic tank-yank
no malice intended just aussie humor i suppose
Sep 27th 2009 | 8:46 pm
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Re: Do Brits still get pommed?
I reckon a good single word to describe English people is 'Pom' and a good word to describes Australians in general is 'Aussie'
Is it that difficult?
I refer to Pommy mates 'you bloody Pommy' and my Aussie mates 'You bloody Aussie'. None take offence and we all drink beer. Life is good when you aren't stuck up your own bum
Oh, and I have no idea of the true origins of the word 'Pom', and I don't care either.
Sorry if I have offended anyone - honestly
Is it that difficult?
I refer to Pommy mates 'you bloody Pommy' and my Aussie mates 'You bloody Aussie'. None take offence and we all drink beer. Life is good when you aren't stuck up your own bum
Oh, and I have no idea of the true origins of the word 'Pom', and I don't care either.
Sorry if I have offended anyone - honestly
