atw: Re: O.T. Pommy (was Re: O.T. "Melbourne ranked world's top city")
- From: "bja" <bashley@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 09:37:43 +1100
>
> 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.
We'd be an even luckier country Warren (Lewington) if this type of crap was
left off the list.
Your comment is childish and it simply demeans you to those whose political
loyalties lie elsewhere or who believe, as I do, that the list is for
technical writing issues and not politics.
How clever would you feel if you lost a job because an employer, or
potential employer voted Liberal or thought your post was inappropriate.
Remember that we can all get out our soapboxes but if we did, what would the
list be like?
My 0.02 as always
Regards,
Bruce Ashley
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: austechwriter-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [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.
> >_________________________________________________________
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