tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670596.post117003891452695111..comments2023-10-16T22:44:42.649+10:30Comments on ADHD Librarian: Bloody PomsADHD Librarianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08161222584844304238noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670596.post-60498730690944431462007-03-02T12:51:00.000+10:302007-03-02T12:51:00.000+10:30'we won the world cup'Easy comeback for that. "On...'we won the world cup'<BR/><BR/>Easy comeback for that. "Once. A long time ago. And probably never again."<BR/><BR/>Can't argue with that! We'll be taking that cup home before the English ever do it again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670596.post-1170208023172798422007-01-31T12:17:00.000+10:302007-01-31T12:17:00.000+10:30Why a POM? Good God man, does there need to be a r...Why a POM? Good God man, does there need to be a reason?<BR/>Umm, in fact I don't know.<BR/>The common (and incorrect) reason is that British Convicts arriving in Australia had the letters POME recorded on the ships logs to indicate they were a Prisoner Of Mother England. As I said, this is a load of old cobblers.<BR/><BR/>Rhyming slang for an immigrant was Jimmy Grant and it has been suggested that this was adapted to Pomegranate because of the bright red colour the British turn the instant they see real sunlight for the first time. And from there (as with all Aussie words, we just shortened it and shortened it. Even in the late 1970s Pommy was the more common term.)ADHD Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161222584844304238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670596.post-1170185715912874602007-01-31T06:05:00.000+10:302007-01-31T06:05:00.000+10:30For those of us who are neither British nor Austra...For those of us who are neither British nor Australian, could you please explain why "Pom?"Global Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14829642620261054318noreply@blogger.com