Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Wrong on that count... born and raised in Manchester and Red to the Core

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

So there's no truth to this one I've heard?

Q. How do you know someone isn't from Manchester?
A. They support Manchester United.

OzTennis :)

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

I guess we can play your game if the word is ever used in conjunction with the oppression of Brits in Australia, when hordes of green hooded Australians burn Yorkshire Puddings and effigies of cream scones on British born people's lawns, or hang them from trees just because they're POMs, segregate them from using the same restaurants/washrooms/public facilities, or make them sit at the back of buses (they could perhaps use signs at the front 'POMS at the rear')

Landladies can hang signs in windows - No POMS here

Then we can play your game.

Frankly, I find your argument spurious to say the least. :confused:

Lynne

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Pom only refers to the English, yes. (Though unfortunately, some Aussies can't tell the difference between the English, Welsh and Scots). :rolleyes:

Incidentally, not all convicts were English; they were a diverse group, including Irish, Scots and members of GB's other colonies.

Australia's first bushranger was born in the West Indies (where he worked on a plantation), escaped to England and subsequently transported to Australia for theft.

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Your mum is correct; the "Prisoner of His Majesty" theory is utter nonsense.

I have attached a photo of an original convict uniform (the only one still in existence).

The mythical acronym is noticeable by absence.

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

From what l read no one in OZ called English POMS untill 1915, maybe it started with Aussie soldiers during WW1, probably looking for a nasty name to call the English after their brilliant idea to send them to Gallipoli to invade Turkey, dropping them off at the wrong beach right in front of the clifftop Machine gun nests. :p

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Totaly agree , they give poms a bad name just gives the roos more ammunition to have a go at us. :D

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

I am very un-sure as to why an English person would be insulted by being called a POM, sureley its just a term of endearment. for example: when a Scotsman visits England and gets called Jock.

You work it out :confused:



GreanTea

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Racism doesn't just have to present itself in its most extreme forms for it to be racism. If and when you get here you will be able to judge if its always used as a 'term of endearment'. As I said earlier, I personally don't give a stuff, but you never know, it might even begin to grate on you when, for example, you hear it used on the TV for the millionth time to describe the England cricket team.

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

The Australian view of Gallipoli seems to be that they were the only ones there and the only ones to take any casualties and that it was all the fault of the British... check out the history of the Lancashire Regiments for a more balanced view.
These are the generally accepted casualty figures. The British had 205,000 casualties (43,000 killed). There were more than 33,600 ANZAC losses (11,500 killed) and 47,000 French casualties (5,000 killed). Turkish casualties are estimated at 250,000 (65,000 killed).

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Okay playing devil's advocate to your devil's advocate, consider what would happen if you replaced the word Pom with the word Massa. Suddenly the whip is in the other hand. I reckon you could get this game to go anywhere.

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Your're right, you can. I'm just pointing out that there are people who DO get offended by it, and just calling them thin skinned or saying they should get a life isn't really justified.

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

I agree that people should not be abused unnecessarily.

However, can the bloke in the article be called a hypocrite as he seems to think it's okay to abuse Aussies but it's wrong for Aussies to abuse the English?

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

Yes, he can.

Re: POM, an insult??!!
 

The article is a piss take from Tooheys... its not for real.