atw: Re: O.T. Pommy (was Re: O.T. "Melbourne ranked world's top city")
- From: "Simon Watt" <Simon.Watt@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 15:43:12 +1100
I thought tommie was unique to German infantry when referring to British
soldiers during WWI, nought to do with immigration to Australia, well
directly anyway...
Cheers, Simon
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Naomi Kramer
Sent: Friday, 6 February 2004 2:27 PM
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Subject: atw: Re: O.T. Pommy (was Re: O.T. "Melbourne ranked world's top
city")
Weren't English immigrants called tommies in Australia at one stage?
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