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Why do the Aussies call the English Pommies? |
I heard it had something to do with the ten pound immigration boats but do not know the compleat story so here i am asking.... |
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) strongly supports the theory that pom and pommy originated as contractions of "pomegranate", Australian rhyming slang for immigrant. The OED cites a well-known Australian weekly, The Bulletin, which on 14 November 1912 reported: "The other day a Pummy Grant (assisted immigrant) was handed a bridle and told to catch a horse."[1]
A commonly-heard alternative theory is that POM originated as an acronym for "prisoner of His/Her Majesty" (POHM) or "prisoner of mother England" (POME). As many of Australia's first settlers were British convicts, sentenced to transportation to Australia, this theory holds that upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with "POHM" or "POME" emblazoned on the back. There is no evidence that this ever happened.
Another theory is that it is rhyming slang for tommy, international slang for a British soldier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_British#Pommy |
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) strongly supports the theory that pom and pommy originated as contractions of "pomegranate", Australian rhyming slang for immigrant.
A commonly-heard alternative theory is that POM originated as an acronym for "prisoner of His/Her Majesty" (POHM) or "prisoner of mother England" (POME). As many of Australia's first settlers were British convicts, sentenced to transportation to Australia, this theory holds that upon arrival in the country they would be given a uniform with "POHM" or "POME" emblazoned on the back. There is no evidence that this ever happened.
Another theory is that it is rhyming slang for tommy, international slang for a British soldier.
Another suggestion relates to the fact that POM is also used an an acronym for "Port of Melbourne". However, the term "pommy" was coined long before the acronym was in common parlance. |
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Product or person of mother England |
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isn't it the other way round? POME = Prisonner Of Mainland England?? |
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It has always been my understanding that the actual Poms (Pohms) are the Aussies. Prisoners of her majesty. |
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They're called Poms 'cause that's their name. What else would you call them. |
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As far as i know its written as 'Pohm' and stands for People Of Her Majesty. I dont know about the immigration boats though, i know they come into it some how - maybe thats what was written on the boats? |
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i suppose it's kinder to call us that than "a holes"? |
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Prisoners of his/her majesty. It was originally a term used for convicts sent there. |
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