#POMMIE AUSTRALIA SERIES#

It is now thought that it is most likely to be an abbreviation of pomegranate, the fruit which pasty British newcomers to the sun-cooked antipodes swiftly came to resemble. A Pom (or Pommie, Pommy), is someone from the actual country of England, and NOT from Britain or the UK. There is a traditional folk explanation: that it has roots in Australia's beginnings as a penal colony, that Pom (or POHM) was stitched into convict uniforms as an abbreviation of Prisoner Of His Majesty, but no such outfits have ever been discovered. Ten Pound Poms (or Ten Pound tourists) is a colloquial term used in Australia and New Zealand to describe British citizens who migrated to Australia and New. No solid consensus exists regarding Pom's origins. By 1913 the word had morphed into the term pom or pommie which can be. pommie ( plural pommies ) ( colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, sometimes pejorative) An English immigrant a pom. But nor is it an affectionate nickname, like 'Kiwi', or 'Yank', which New Zealanders and Americans often apply to themselves. For example, public in convict Australia meant provided by the government for the. No one would classify Pom alongside such deeply offensive terms as 'Paki' or 'Kaffir', the racist taunts to which the South Africans were subjected.

#POMMIE AUSTRALIA SERIES#

The difficulty they face is deciding whether the term most likely to be applied to the opposition during this series - Pom - is, in fact, abusive. With the Ashes approaching, Australian cricket authorities have announced a zero-tolerance approach to such transgressions, threatening lifetime bans from their ground. T he tour of Australia by South Africa's cricket team last southern summer emboldened an aspect of Australian society that the country - like any civilised nation - would prefer not to have to admit to: South Africa's players were racially abused by local crowds.

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