uklass29

Hi to all fellow English men/women,

Get a load of this! My partner of 2 years is Australian, i love that fact and I'm very proud of it, i'm as you can probably guess English and also very proud of that fact too!!

I find that some Australian women are very bitchy and even some men, I dont think they like my english accent, but my partners relation was last night talking to him on the phone totally slagging of us english asking him what he saw in an whining pommy girl! totally offending, she has never met me in my life and I have no intentions of meeting her now... VERY narrow minded!!

Anyone else had this?

Wendy

Which part of Australia are you in?

Not had that myself, seems that the South Australians are a nice friendly bunch.

Nu-Shooz

That person slagging off the English, will probably find most of their own family are English too.

uklass29

yea your not wrong there! i'm in NSW not sure if all aussies are the same, it seems to be those that are have been born here but are from a european heritage ie italian are lovely but those with a probable uk heritage are right arrogant gits.. i hate being called a pom, my father said call um 'crim' if they call ya that.

Nu-Shooz

But we're not the poms, they are...the ones who settled first

Wendy

I don't mind being called a Pom - in fact I often introduce myself as one. I find it's a great ice breaker.

ozzieeagle

Ditto, its no different to being referred to as a Cockney (even if I am from the wrong side of the river) A Scouser, a Brummy, a Geordie, or a Jock.

So if people that have been here for a decent period of time find it unoffensive, why would someone new to the country find it confronting ?

Pommy is definitely not as offensive as Jafa

bridie

i find it hilarious that we are known as whinging poms when all the aussies seem to do is whinge..... here lately it's been whingeing about daylight saving, whineging they dont want shops to open on a sunday.... on 7 news the other night they were even whingeing because all the hotels were fully booked!!!!

quoll

Never had any hassles here with my inlaws, they are a nice enough bunch. I have, of course, been referred to as a Pom - less so now that my accent has totally disappeared but, yup, it happens. Usually it is "gentle teasing" and if you react they will just keep on doing it. I agree with the previous poster - Aussies will definitely medal in the whinge olympics!

Ozzidoc

I agree.

My whinge for this morning is about English born and bred people who don't know how to write in their own language. The apostrophe rules are NOT difficult, nor are those for forming plurals!

Yiddo

Obviously i'm not living there yet but have visited several times. I dislike being called a pom but would much prefer that to what i heard the Italians being called - wog. You'd get arrested for that in the UK.

Yiddo

Some people could argue that if it is written by an English person then it is indeed English whether right or wrong lol

Ozzidoc

So if an English person writes in Italian, that is still English? LOL

ray2gill

No but if you meet this relation just ask where she left her shackles or say "so your the shackle drager are you?"!

bridie

i remember the first time i heard that word in general conversation, i was shocked!!!

BUT actually the "wogs" call themselves it, so i realised that it's not meant as a derogatory term, just how they're described....

that's the thing with names like that: it all depends on the context they're used in as to whether they are offensive or not.