atw: OT: Misconceptions
- From: Craig Hadden <CraigH@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 14:38:29 +1100
Here I am pouring buckets of cold water again. Oh well.
Michael wrote (rather condescendingly):
> Yet another person under harbouring the commonly
> held misconception the English are the pommies...
The Macquarie Dictionary (3rd edition) says it means either a resident of
Britain or an immigrant from there.
Also, if it's a common enough "misconception" about the meaning of a word,
then it actually BECOMES the accepted meaning of the word.
> derived from the acronym POME - or Prisoner Of Mother England
Macquarie again: derived from 'pomegranate' (rhyming slang for 'immigrant').
So there are indeed many misconceptions around the word.
Regards,
Craig
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