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Ron Brind Posts: 19041 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 12:25 on 26th October 2008 Wow, what an education! No wonder the kids don't understand me when I speak!! |
Sarah Posts: 1311 Joined: 26th Oct 2003 Location: England | quotePosted at 12:27 on 26th October 2008 BBL = Be back later! |
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 22:10 on 26th October 2008 BS - Bull S+++. |
Ruth Gregory Posts: 8072 Joined: 25th Jul 2007 Location: USA | quotePosted at 22:16 on 26th October 2008 BW - Bovine Waste. That was a polite way of saying BS that Denzil came up with, Wolf.
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Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 03:09 on 27th October 2008 "Pom"Pommy" (or "pom" or "pommie") is a primarily Australian (and largely derisive) slang term used to indicate a recent immigrant from Great Britain, or a Brit in general. The origins of "pommy" having been lost in the mists of time, someone needed to cook up an etymology for it, preferably one equal to the pejorative sense of the word. Accordingly, we now have the story that criminals transported to Australia were designated "Prisoners of His Majesty" or "Prisoners of Mother England" (some versions claim the convicts bore one of these legends printed on the backs of their shirts), and thus the acronym "POHM" or "POME" eventually evolved into the slang term "pom" or "pommy." |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 06:38 on 27th October 2008 Interesting........ |
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 06:39 on 27th October 2008 H L - Hi Lyn. |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 06:40 on 27th October 2008 H F N T S Y -Hi Wolf nice to see you |
Wolf Posts: 3423 Joined: 9th Jul 2008 Location: Australia | quotePosted at 06:44 on 27th October 2008 W A L O L - what a lot of letters |
L Posts: 5656 Joined: 10th Jun 2004 Location: UK | quotePosted at 06:46 on 27th October 2008 LOL (lot of letters! yes lol) |