a child in my nursery recently went to aus , and i teenage boy called him a pom but the child thought he said pimp , and he got very upset , and came back to nursery saying that the aussie guy called brits pimps , any way i just wanted to ask do you call us poms to be nasty or is it a freindly term ? its just so i can tell the children as all of them seem to think you call us pimps lol thaks hannah d
2007-10-01 00:01:59 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Australia ➔ Other - Australia
Pom's just a nick name for brit. It's got no meaning positive or negative... It may have when it first came about but nowadays it's just like calling new zealanders kiwis...
2007-10-01 00:11:52 · answer #1 · answered by skame 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Pimp is a USA term and should, in no way be confused with the word pom (endearing term for convict ancestors relocated to a better part of the world)
Be sure to clear that up with the kiddies
and point out..... England needs good cricketers!
2007-10-01 00:38:05 · answer #2 · answered by renclrk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We call brits "poms" but it is not a derogatory term. As the answerer said above - it is just a nickname Like now, with the world cup rugby - we might use it as "when Australia beat the Poms...." (of course, it can be used both positive and negative way - such as "whinging poms").
There is no nastiness attached.
2007-10-01 00:22:44 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
30 years ago an Englishman I knew here had a T-shirt with a Union Jack on it and the words "Pommy Bastard". He had a strong Home Counties accent too. Nobody bothered him unless he bothered them first. It just means "English person" and the intent is delivered by the tone of voice or the associated adjectives.
I don't use it as it as it is liable to misinterpretation. I work with a young woman born along the Rhone Valley in France. I don't call her "froggy" .
2007-10-01 00:38:08 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Poms like the same if we called New Zealanders Kiwi's or Americans Yanks, its just a name we gave you people
2007-10-01 03:41:12 · answer #5 · answered by Tell-It-Like-It-Is 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you'll be able to seem it up, yet what you do no longer understand won't harm you, a minimum of no longer in this occasion. Granny - do purely no longer do it back. next time, you'll be able to desire to ask for help from an worker. I ask them to convey me all forms of issues, i'm 19. I tip properly and that they in no way seem to strategies that.
2016-11-06 22:18:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋