silly question..........
Apr 26th 2004, 3:53 am
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silly question..........
has been bugging me for the past day or two.......what exactly is a pom/pommie???what/where does it originate from? gotta know !! 
Apr 26th 2004, 3:56 am
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Re: silly question..........
Originally posted by helen_uk
has been bugging me for the past day or two.......what exactly is a pom/pommie???what/where does it originate from? gotta know !!
has been bugging me for the past day or two.......what exactly is a pom/pommie???what/where does it originate from? gotta know !!
As far as I was told the word POMME comes from Prisoner of Mother England.
If I'm wrong I'm sure someone will correct me or elaborate.
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Apr 26th 2004, 3:59 am
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Re: silly question..........
I've just done a quick search and found this.
Now we all know
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
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Now we all know
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
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Apr 26th 2004, 4:00 am
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LOL....thanks for that....not sure if i'm happy about being a "pom" now..........
