atw: Re: O.T. Pommy (was Re: O.T. "Melbourne ranked world's top city")
- From: "Warren Lewington" <wjlewington@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2004 18:16:19 +1100
Righto a few "facts" about the East coast of Australia.
Sydney. Less than two hours to some of the best rock climbing,
canyoning, bushwalking, mountain biking and stuff in Australia. 5 hours
from the Snowy.
Include sailing and surfing too. No tech writing work.
Melbourne.
4 hours from some of the best climbing. In the world. 4 hours from the
snowy.
It has a Grand Prix. It has good shopping.
Both have good eating... Actually I would say the best eating out in the
world. Bar none.
Canberra.
Cycling and politicians. Hmm. Not looking good. But only 2 hours from
snowy.
Good roads. All the better to get out of there...
All of them have access to the best wine and groceries in the world.
Hey, who cares. Been there, seen that, and stepped in, around or over
every horror imaginable. I'll take Australia any day!
Vancouver. The only city in the world I know of where you can go white
water paddling into the city and have a beer and pizza before heading
back to pick up your car... Less than 2 hours from some of the best
mountaineering in the world. Not cheap. Close to America. (Real bummer;
but what if it was attached to Australia?)
We really are the lucky country, especially when we get a socialist
government back in power... And export Little Johnny Arthur as a special
consulting lap dog for Gorge W Bushwacker.
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael Edward
Granat
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2004 2:23 PM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: O.T. Pommy (was Re: O.T. "Melbourne ranked world's top
city")
You might well be right due to the word's uncertain origins, Stuart
(lecky),
From the Collins English Dictionary, Australian (big, chunky,
hardcover)
edition:
pommy n., pl. -mies. (sometimes cap.) Slang. a mildly offensive word
used
by Australians and New Zealanders for an English person. Sometimes
shortened to pom. [C20: of uncertain origin. Among a number of
explanations
are: (1) based on a blend of IMMIGRANT and POMEGRANATE (alluding to the
red
cheeks of the English immigrants) (2) from the abbreviation POME,
Prisoner
of Mother England (referring to convicts)]"
Cheers,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
At 14:12 6/2/2004, you wrote:
>At 01:58 PM 6/02/04 +1100, you wrote:
> >the words /
> >terms being derived from the acronym POME - or Prisoner Of Mother
> >England.
>
>I was led to believe that it was derived from POHM (Property Of His
>Majesty) which was emblazoned upon the clothing that they were given.
>_________________________________________________________
>Stuart Lecky, Project Manager
>__________________________
>HCi Better communications Better Management
>(61-2) 9232 6669 (ph) http://www.hci.com.au
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E&OE
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