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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5383808.stm

But its only ok to call the english Poms if you don't include other coarse language :confused:

Kinda takes away the effect, " you Pom you *shakes fist*", doesn't really have the same effect as "ya bloody Pommie b'stard".:p

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well all the bloody Ozzies are Poms anyway. Only the Abbos are the genuine thing.

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A couple of million Chinese, Indians, Greeks , Italians, Lebanese, and even Irish and Scots might disagree :p .

I'm Irish, or maybe Scots, but I always take the 'Pom' thing to mean English.

JTL

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Hmm. Thats strange. Im not Aboriginal yet my passport says my nationality is Australian. And then theres my birth certificate that says Im Australian too. Bloody government never gets things right do they. I will contact them tomorrow and tell them, that despite being a 6th generation Australian, and despite my ancestors being scottish and irish, I am in fact a pom. Thanks for the enlightenment. :D

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not this one again ,if irish and scots came on some of the prison ships they are bloody poms too ,there was bound to be a few scots and irish amongst all those dastardly english .

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god forbid there will be any english blood in there .And ofcourse the aboriginals are the true australians ,your family if it didnt get transported here is just part of the squattocracy .

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Not to be one to be accused of being thin skinned or anything but if any one calls me a bloody pom ,i always give areply ,and do they like it do they f**k ,i cant for the life of me wonder why .I have found the aussies to be the most thin -skinned of all .Any way whats good for the goose is good for the gander as far as im concerned .

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Don't they think that the original aboriginies came over from New Guinea?

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Couldn't have come from too many other places!

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I wasn't aware that "Pom" had ever been a racist term. :confused:

And in any case...

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It may not be racist but it is an ethnic slur and any ozzy that calls me a pom gets what he deserves. ;)

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How the hell is it an "ethnic slur"? :confused:

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Why not run around birmingham and start calling a few of the local lads a some pommy catch phrases, hey you pooftah pom, or dirty pom, should do the trick. :D

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This is just more nanny state bullshit. The Poms & Aussies have always had a go at each other. My grandfather who was a pilot in WW2 flew with Aussies & he told me that they used to wind each other up incessantly but at the end of the day they were all mates. Having a go at the opposition at a sporting event is all part of the fun. I hope the fans ignore this kind of PC crap.