A Pom
Feb 5th 2007 | 8:59 am
#1
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A Pom
The Ozzies have the "Wallaby"
The Kiwis have the "Kiwi"
The French have the "Frog"
The Saf's have the "Springbok"
What sort of animal (imaginary if need be) would we create for "the Pom"?
Something with affection please not distain.
The Kiwis have the "Kiwi"
The French have the "Frog"
The Saf's have the "Springbok"
What sort of animal (imaginary if need be) would we create for "the Pom"?
Something with affection please not distain.
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:03 am
#2
Timelord
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From: Lost in space...
Re: A Pom
Or a seriously BFO Dragon...
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:04 am
#3
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From: In a house
Re: A Pom
British Bulldog!
Not a Pom, as no one even knows what it means, not prisoner of mother england so what exactly does it mean? Pom indeed may become a racial term in the near future!
if it isn't already to many...
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:07 am
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Re: A Pom
Not sure the frog is supposed to be complimentary lol
British Bulldog!
Not a Pom, as no one even knows what it means, not prisoner of mother england so what exactly does it mean? Pom indeed may become a racial term in the near future! if it isn't already to many...
British Bulldog!
Not a Pom, as no one even knows what it means, not prisoner of mother england so what exactly does it mean? Pom indeed may become a racial term in the near future!
if it isn't already to many...PS I like bulldogs so no bias - can picture one with a big gold chain with "Chav" around its neck - not the picture we need on the world stage.
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:14 am
#5
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From: Zombie nation
Re: A Pom
a hedgehog
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:50 am
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Re: A Pom
That would be the Welsh. Didn't George Formby batter a dragon to death with his eukulele while on tour in Libya and later become a saint in the eyes of the English? It would probably more relevant to adopt the lion but dogs, cats and ferrets are more appropriate.
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:52 am
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Re: A Pom
Not sure the frog is supposed to be complimentary lol
British Bulldog!
Not a Pom, as no one even knows what it means, not prisoner of mother england so what exactly does it mean? Pom indeed may become a racial term in the near future! if it isn't already to many...
British Bulldog!
Not a Pom, as no one even knows what it means, not prisoner of mother england so what exactly does it mean? Pom indeed may become a racial term in the near future!
if it isn't already to many...This is was authoritatively confirmed by than D H Lawrence, who made the following remarks in 1923:
Pommy is supposed to be short for pomegranate. Pomegranate, pronounced invariably pommygranate, is a near enough rhyme to immigrant, in a naturally rhyming country. Furthermore, immigrants are known in their first months, before their blood "thins down", by their round and ruddy cheeks.
"Jimmy Grant" soon morphed into "Pommy Grant"; possibly an oblique reference to pomegranates (which fresh-off-the-boat Poms quickly resembled). But whatever the reason, "pomegranate" for "immigrant" became the new rhyming slang of choice. This was inevitably truncated (as most Aussie slang words are) to "Pom".
The popular belief that "POME" or "POHM" are acronyms for "Prisoner of Mother England" and "Prisoner of Her Majesty" and were originally embroidered on the uniforms of convicts, is false.
See attached for a photograph of a genuine convict uniform (the last known in existence), and note the absence of acronyms.
Feb 5th 2007 | 9:53 am
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Re: A Pom
Feb 5th 2007 | 10:06 am
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Re: A Pom
The slang term "Pom" was originally an abbreviation of "pomegranate" (used as rhyming slang for "immigrant").
This is was authoritatively confirmed by than D H Lawrence, who made the following remarks in 1923:
Pommy is supposed to be short for pomegranate. Pomegranate, pronounced invariably pommygranate, is a near enough rhyme to immigrant, in a naturally rhyming country. Furthermore, immigrants are known in their first months, before their blood "thins down", by their round and ruddy cheeks.
Earlier evidence is found in The Pommies, or New Chums in Australia (1920) by H J Rumsey, who observes that the original term for an immigrant in Melbourne was "Jimmy Grant".
"Jimmy Grant" soon morphed into "Pommy Grant"; possibly an oblique reference to pomegranates (which fresh-off-the-boat Poms quickly resembled). But whatever the reason, "pomegranate" for "immigrant" became the new rhyming slang of choice. This was inevitably truncated (as most Aussie slang words are) to "Pom".
The popular belief that "POME" or "POHM" are acronyms for "Prisoner of Mother England" and "Prisoner of Her Majesty" and were originally embroidered on the uniforms of convicts, is false.
See attached for a photograph of a genuine convict uniform (the last known in existence), and note the absence of acronyms.
This is was authoritatively confirmed by than D H Lawrence, who made the following remarks in 1923:
Pommy is supposed to be short for pomegranate. Pomegranate, pronounced invariably pommygranate, is a near enough rhyme to immigrant, in a naturally rhyming country. Furthermore, immigrants are known in their first months, before their blood "thins down", by their round and ruddy cheeks.
"Jimmy Grant" soon morphed into "Pommy Grant"; possibly an oblique reference to pomegranates (which fresh-off-the-boat Poms quickly resembled). But whatever the reason, "pomegranate" for "immigrant" became the new rhyming slang of choice. This was inevitably truncated (as most Aussie slang words are) to "Pom".
The popular belief that "POME" or "POHM" are acronyms for "Prisoner of Mother England" and "Prisoner of Her Majesty" and were originally embroidered on the uniforms of convicts, is false.
See attached for a photograph of a genuine convict uniform (the last known in existence), and note the absence of acronyms.
Feb 5th 2007 | 10:13 am
#12
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From: Caringbah NSW
Re: A Pom
I was told by a lovely lady who was an "Ozzie", That POM stood for PERFECTION OF MAN...
I just kissed her on the cheek and agreed politly....
I just kissed her on the cheek and agreed politly....
Feb 5th 2007 | 10:16 am
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From: Beyond the Pale
Re: A Pom
Why not a proper Pom-eranian?
Feb 5th 2007 | 10:37 am
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Re: A Pom
PMSL 
.... Looks like something my cat coughed up !!
The Horse
.... Looks like something my cat coughed up !!The Horse
