There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
Oct 29th 2010, 11:58 am
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
Seriously, I thankfully (only thankfully cos ppl KNOW where i'm from in the UK) have quite a distinctive accent, and when I speak most people think i'm from Eastenders ... 
... but I CAN just throw a comment out to a group of ppl (Aussies) when I hear em slaggin the Poms.
90% of the time you can hear a pin drop ... ... but the other 10% I get into a conflict, as after all that's the way to solve an issue ... with your fists! ... 
... but I CAN just throw a comment out to a group of ppl (Aussies) when I hear em slaggin the Poms. 90% of the time you can hear a pin drop ...
... but the other 10% I get into a conflict, as after all that's the way to solve an issue ... with your fists! ...
Oct 29th 2010, 12:07 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
Some Australians use it to describe all the British. Many Brits relate it only to the English.
Oct 29th 2010, 12:09 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
Heres a novel idea. Have a point!
Oct 29th 2010, 12:13 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
And aint that the funny bit! ...
1) - Prisoner of Mother England...
2) - Cos we look like Pomegranates when we arrive...
3) - Perfection of Mankind!... (try it people! ...)
Oh hold on, I think I've found it! ... no3 for sure ...
1) - Prisoner of Mother England...
2) - Cos we look like Pomegranates when we arrive...
3) - Perfection of Mankind!... (try it people! ...
)Oh hold on, I think I've found it! ... no3 for sure ...
Oct 29th 2010, 12:14 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
Seriously, I thankfully (only thankfully cos ppl KNOW where i'm from in the UK) have quite a distinctive accent, and when I speak most people think i'm from Eastenders ... ... but I CAN just throw a comment out to a group of ppl (Aussies) when I hear em slaggin the Poms.
90% of the time you can hear a pin drop ... ... but the other 10% I get into a conflict, as after all that's the way to solve an issue ... with your fists! ...
... but I CAN just throw a comment out to a group of ppl (Aussies) when I hear em slaggin the Poms. 90% of the time you can hear a pin drop ...
... but the other 10% I get into a conflict, as after all that's the way to solve an issue ... with your fists! ...
Oct 29th 2010, 12:17 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
I regard the word "pom" as racist and offensive. Like the word "wog". People accept it because it's so widely used, but it's still racist.
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Oct 29th 2010, 12:25 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
1) - "oh you know the girl, she's a Pom"
2) - "yeah some pommy bastard"
Totally different if you ask me, yet both used widely across Australia, like it or not.
'Wog' ... that's a diff thing as in the UK it means one thing, here another!
Oct 29th 2010, 12:25 pm
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It has been said that a Tommy was a British soldier and a Pommy was a British civilian.
Oct 29th 2010, 12:26 pm
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Re: There's nothing I prefer to see than a Pom swimming back to England ...
Think you'll find if you object you'll not have the term used twice towards you
