[net.nlang] british, "pommies"

debray@sbcs.UUCP (Saumya Debray) (06/10/84)

If I remember correctly, it was a contemptuous reference to the pale skin of
new British immigrants (skin as pink as pomegranates, hence "pommies"), as
contrasted with Australians who were a lot more tanned.
-- 
Saumya Debray, 	SUNY at Stony Brook

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