[SEL] OT: Torpedo Test (Last Word on Pom?)

[fero_ah at city-net.com]

Play nice ladies.
The etymology on "pom" is far from clear cut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_British#Pommy

See ya,  Arnie

Quoting peter ogborne <jopeter at omninet.net.au>:

> Lets end this bullshit .....POME  can mean either  Prisoner of Mother 
> England or it was a description of the ruddy [ pink] complexion of recent 
> arrivals in Australia from England.They had a complexion that resembled a 
> Pomegranite [fruit] .
> Let me state here and now, four generations ago my ancestor was a POME 
> ...prisoner of Mother England.