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HalfManHalfBiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 07:02 PM
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Pommy Bastard!
Overheard at work. Don't know what it means, but I like the way it sounds.
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u4ic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 07:04 PM
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1. Pom
is Australian slang for a Brit.
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El Supremo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 07:19 PM
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2. For Pomegranate
Same reason that we call them limies. Their sailors carried fruit with them to avoid scurvy.
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cruadin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-05 07:23 PM
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3. Thanks--I knew where "limey" came from...
but never knew the origin of "pommy", makes sense now.
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