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Originally posted by Memnoch:
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Originally posted by Kaltia:
A Pommie is Aussie slang for a Briton 
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Actually, an Englishman...we wouldn't be including the Sweaties and Taffs in there... 
[/QUOTE]Pom is derived from 'Prisoner of his Majesty' (which was sewed onto their convict uniforms), POHM which was shortened to Pom because the Australians had difficulty remembering the longer version.
I'm not sure if the rest of the world knows this but up to the 1960's Britain sent many of our criminals (or 'crims' as they are known in Australia - notice how the can't manage the full word) to Australia as a punishment. This will give you some idea about how bad it is there. They are all descended from CRIMS!!!!! This has left them with a massive inferiority complex which I think is undeserved because I once met a decent one.
Many of them find the need to return to their roots though and can be found sleeping nine to a room and drinking themselves senseless in Earls Court (or Kangaroo Valley as it's known to the locals).