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| Eva's Spoilers! [message #171889] |
Di, 22 November 2005 19:28 |
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Eva is right! No one here has any respect for the limeys, who have to
view our sci-fi series well after they air here in the US.
Hats off to Eva!
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #171910 ] |
Mi, 23 November 2005 17:31 |
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Mike wrote:
> Eva is right! No one here has any respect for the limeys, who have to
> view our sci-fi series well after they air here in the US.
> Hats off to Eva!
Stargate?
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"Talent does what it can; Genius does what it must."
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #171915 ] |
Mi, 23 November 2005 22:19 |
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:28:05 GMT, Mike <kiss [at] comcast.net> wrote:
>Eva is right! No one here has any respect for the limeys, who have to
>view our sci-fi series well after they air here in the US.
>Hats off to Eva!
Sci-Fi Channel's Battlestar Galactica.
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[http://tmpiper.livejournal.com]
If you want to dance, you'll have to pay ... me!
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #171985 ] |
Do, 24 November 2005 21:29 |
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On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:28:05 -0000, Mike <kiss [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> Eva is right! No one here has any respect for the limeys, who have to
> view our sci-fi series well after they air here in the US.
> Hats off to Eva!
>
Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
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Gareth Milner
A picture is worth 851 words subject to VAT
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #171994 ] |
Do, 24 November 2005 23:36 |
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"Gareth Milner" <g [at] garethmilner.co.uk> wrote in message
news:op.s0rhttx1bd31t1 [at] elmoo...
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:28:05 -0000, Mike <kiss [at] comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Eva is right! No one here has any respect for the limeys, who have to
>> view our sci-fi series well after they air here in the US.
>> Hats off to Eva!
>>
>
> Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
nicely put
>
> --
> Gareth Milner
> A picture is worth 851 words subject to VAT
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174186 ] |
Fr, 25 November 2005 19:25 |
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Christo <chris [at] no.spam.juststuff.co.uk> wrote:
> "Gareth Milner" <g [at] garethmilner.co.uk> wrote
> > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:28:05 -0000, Mike <kiss [at] comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Eva is right! No one here has any respect for the limeys, who have to
> >> view our sci-fi series well after they air here in the US.
> >> Hats off to Eva!
> >>
> >
> > Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
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> nicely put
>
Shouldn't that be "we limeys"?
(Not including me. I'm in Texas, not a pommie.)
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174218 ] |
Sa, 26 November 2005 18:54 |
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>>>Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
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>>>
>>> nicely put
>>>
>
> Shouldn't that be "we limeys"?
>
> (Not including me. I'm in Texas, not a pommie.)
What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174219 ] |
Sa, 26 November 2005 21:31 |
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"Al Smith" <invalid [at] address.com> wrote in message
news:2j1if.129821$Ph4.3985109 [at] ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> >>>Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
> >>
> >>>
> >>> nicely put
> >>>
> >
> > Shouldn't that be "we limeys"?
> >
> > (Not including me. I'm in Texas, not a pommie.)
>
> What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
Pommy
The term Pommy for a British person is commonly used in Australian English
and New Zealand English, and is often shortened to Pom. The origin of this
term is uncertain. The most likely explanation is based on the wearing of
pom poms on the berets of British soldiers fighting during world war two
alongside many Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
Another etymology is that it is a contraction of "pomegranates", a red
skinned fruit, which bears a more than passing resemblance to the typical
pale complexioned Briton's skin after his or her first few days living under
the hot Australian sun, or rhyming slang for 'immigrant' as the majority of
early immigrants to Australia were British. The use of the word 'Pom' is
considered derogatory - some may use it to cause offence, but it is also
used in other situations as a friendly derogatory term among people who know
each other well, if one of them is British and the other Australian.
A number of false etymologies have sprung up, mostly along the lines that
POM is an acronym for "Prisoner of Mother England" or "Prisoner of His
Majesty", referring to the fact that the earliest Australian settlers were
convicts, sentenced to transportation. None of these explanations bears up
under scrutiny, and the use of acronyms is largely a late twentieth century
phenomenon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommie
--
Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174220 ] |
Sa, 26 November 2005 22:08 |
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Al Smith <invalid [at] address.com> wrote:
> >>>Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
> >>
> >>>
> >>> nicely put
> >>>
> >
> > Shouldn't that be "we limeys"?
> >
> > (Not including me. I'm in Texas, not a pommie.)
>
> What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
Ask an Aussie.
"Prisoner of Her Majesty" -> POHM ->
pommie == what Americans call limeys.
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174222 ] |
Sa, 26 November 2005 23:03 |
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>>>Shouldn't that be "we limeys"?
>>>> >
>>>> > (Not including me. I'm in Texas, not a pommie.)
>>
>>>
>>> What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
>
>
> Pommy
> The term Pommy for a British person is commonly used in Australian English
> and New Zealand English, and is often shortened to Pom. The origin of this
> term is uncertain. The most likely explanation is based on the wearing of
> pom poms on the berets of British soldiers fighting during world war two
> alongside many Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
>
> Another etymology is that it is a contraction of "pomegranates", a red
> skinned fruit, which bears a more than passing resemblance to the typical
> pale complexioned Briton's skin after his or her first few days living under
> the hot Australian sun, or rhyming slang for 'immigrant' as the majority of
> early immigrants to Australia were British. The use of the word 'Pom' is
> considered derogatory - some may use it to cause offence, but it is also
> used in other situations as a friendly derogatory term among people who know
> each other well, if one of them is British and the other Australian.
Ah, I was right then. A Pomeranian.
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174235 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 05:48 |
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>>What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
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>
> Ask an Aussie.
>
> "Prisoner of Her Majesty" -> POHM ->
> pommie == what Americans call limeys.
Neat. That's catchy enough to be possible.
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174236 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 06:34 |
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"Al Smith" <invalid [at] address.com> wrote in message
news:PUaif.130140$Ph4.3993746 [at] ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> >>What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
> >
> >
> > Ask an Aussie.
> >
> > "Prisoner of Her Majesty" -> POHM ->
> > pommie == what Americans call limeys.
>
> Neat. That's catchy enough to be possible.
But not very likely.....
http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
--
Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174237 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 08:41 |
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>>>>What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
>>>
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Ask an Aussie.
>>>> >
>>>> > "Prisoner of Her Majesty" -> POHM ->
>>>> > pommie == what Americans call limeys.
>>
>>>
>>> Neat. That's catchy enough to be possible.
>
>
> But not very likely.....
> http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
> -- Qapla' Kweeg
Couple of points, here. First, does anybody else find the Snopes
Web site to be a bit of a downer? I mean, all these wonderful
urban myths and conspiracy theories, and you go on that site, and
instantly they are shot down in flames. Baaaah. Humbug.
Second thing, the "accepted" explanation of pommie coming from, of
all things, the color of a pomegranate, seems highly unlikely. I
mean, how common were pomegranates in the penal colony of
Australia during its early decades? It's not as if it was the
palace of the sultan of Arabia. I doubt the prisoners deported to
Botany Bay had many pomegranates to eat. Or figs or sherbets,
either, for that matter.
Seems more likely to me it was the pom-poms on the Britist
military uniform.
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174238 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 12:09 |
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"Al Smith" <invalid [at] address.com> wrote in message
news:jqdif.130156$Ph4.3994024 [at] ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> >>>>What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
> >>>
> >>>> >
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Ask an Aussie.
> >>>> >
> >>>> > "Prisoner of Her Majesty" -> POHM ->
> >>>> > pommie == what Americans call limeys.
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Neat. That's catchy enough to be possible.
> >
> >
> > But not very likely.....
> > http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
> > -- Qapla' Kweeg
>
> Couple of points, here. First, does anybody else find the Snopes
> Web site to be a bit of a downer? I mean, all these wonderful
> urban myths and conspiracy theories, and you go on that site, and
> instantly they are shot down in flames. Baaaah. Humbug.
No I find it fascinating people actually believe this stuff to begin with
that it necessities a site like that to begin with. And as well any time one
can smack "the sky is falling" types across the head and tell them to shut
up and here's why the better.
> Second thing, the "accepted" explanation of pommie coming from, of
> all things, the color of a pomegranate, seems highly unlikely. I
> mean, how common were pomegranates in the penal colony of
> Australia during its early decades? It's not as if it was the
> palace of the sultan of Arabia. I doubt the prisoners deported to
> Botany Bay had many pomegranates to eat. Or figs or sherbets,
> either, for that matter.
>
> Seems more likely to me it was the pom-poms on the Britist
> military uniform.
Indeed.
--
Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174239 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 17:20 |
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Kweeg wrote:
> "Al Smith" <invalid [at] address.com> wrote in message
> news:jqdif.130156$Ph4.3994024 [at] ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>
>>>>>>What's a "pommie"? A Pomeranian?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Ask an Aussie.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"Prisoner of Her Majesty" -> POHM ->
>>>>>>>pommie == what Americans call limeys.
>>>>
>>>>>Neat. That's catchy enough to be possible.
>>>
>>>
>>>But not very likely.....
>>>http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm
>>>-- Qapla' Kweeg
>>
>>Couple of points, here. First, does anybody else find the Snopes
>>Web site to be a bit of a downer? I mean, all these wonderful
>>urban myths and conspiracy theories, and you go on that site, and
>>instantly they are shot down in flames. Baaaah. Humbug.
>
>
> No I find it fascinating people actually believe this stuff to begin with
> that it necessities a site like that to begin with. And as well any time one
> can smack "the sky is falling" types across the head and tell them to shut
> up and here's why the better.
>
>
>
>>Second thing, the "accepted" explanation of pommie coming from, of
>>all things, the color of a pomegranate, seems highly unlikely. I
>>mean, how common were pomegranates in the penal colony of
>>Australia during its early decades? It's not as if it was the
>>palace of the sultan of Arabia. I doubt the prisoners deported to
>>Botany Bay had many pomegranates to eat. Or figs or sherbets,
>>either, for that matter.
>>
>>Seems more likely to me it was the pom-poms on the Britist
>>military uniform.
>
>
> Indeed.
>
Proves my point! Dumb fucking limeys!!!!
Eva, still pussyfarting?
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174240 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 22:57 |
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> Pommy
> The term Pommy for a British person is commonly used in Australian English
> and New Zealand English, and is often shortened to Pom. The origin of this
> term is uncertain. The most likely explanation is based on the wearing of
> pom poms on the berets of British soldiers fighting during world war two
> alongside many Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
>
> Another etymology is that it is a contraction of "pomegranates", a red
> skinned fruit, which bears a more than passing resemblance to the typical
> pale complexioned Briton's skin after his or her first few days living
under
> the hot Australian sun, or rhyming slang for 'immigrant' as the majority
of
> early immigrants to Australia were British. The use of the word 'Pom' is
> considered derogatory - some may use it to cause offence, but it is also
> used in other situations as a friendly derogatory term among people who
know
> each other well, if one of them is British and the other Australian.
>
> A number of false etymologies have sprung up, mostly along the lines that
> POM is an acronym for "Prisoner of Mother England" or "Prisoner of His
> Majesty", referring to the fact that the earliest Australian settlers were
> convicts, sentenced to transportation. None of these explanations bears up
> under scrutiny, and the use of acronyms is largely a late twentieth
century
> phenomenon
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommie
>
>
Strewth!
Graham
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174241 ] |
So, 27 November 2005 23:49 |
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"Kweeg" <kweeg [at] nospam.shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:1D3if.624562$oW2.173539 [at] pd7tw1no...
> "Al Smith" <invalid [at] address.com> wrote in message
> news:2j1if.129821$Ph4.3985109 [at] ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>> >>>Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
>
> Pommy
> The term Pommy for a British person is commonly used in Australian English
> and New Zealand English, and is often shortened to Pom. The origin of this
> term is uncertain. The most likely explanation is based on the wearing of
> pom poms on the berets of British soldiers fighting during world war two
> alongside many Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
>
> Another etymology is that it is a contraction of "pomegranates", a red
> skinned fruit, which bears a more than passing resemblance to the typical
> pale complexioned Briton's skin after his or her first few days living
> under
> the hot Australian sun, or rhyming slang for 'immigrant' as the majority
> of
> early immigrants to Australia were British. The use of the word 'Pom' is
> considered derogatory - some may use it to cause offence, but it is also
> used in other situations as a friendly derogatory term among people who
> know
> each other well, if one of them is British and the other Australian.
>
if we extend this a bit, the term for english in the early - mid twentieth
century was "tommie"
it is well within the ausie sense of humour to corrupt tommie to pommie (by
way of the pomegranate complexion).
these days the level of insult is usually determined by tone and the rest of
the sentence, the worst end of the scale is probably "whinging pom" (in
fairness it should be pointed out that we ausies are capable of a fair
degree of whinging also), "pommie bastard" on the other hand is usually a
friendly reference (yes i know thats going to seem strange to those who dont
associate with ausies much. Sometimes it can be a mark of respect to, eg.
when refering to the england cricket team as "the poms" there is usually a
grudging respect involved (or at least used to be until their team spent
about a decade unable to beat practically anyone, but that is rectifying
itself now a new generation of younger more commited players are coming
through).
cheers
fozzi
cheers
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #174242 ] |
Mo, 28 November 2005 01:11 |
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"Fozzi" <efor6920 [at] bigpond.net.au> wrote in message
news:%Jqif.5339$ea6.1257 [at] news-server.bigpond.net.au...
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> "Kweeg" <kweeg [at] nospam.shaw.ca> wrote in message
> news:1D3if.624562$oW2.173539 [at] pd7tw1no...
> > "Al Smith" <invalid [at] address.com> wrote in message
> > news:2j1if.129821$Ph4.3985109 [at] ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
> >> >>>Though us limeys will see the sg1 season finale, before you do
> >
> > Pommy
> > The term Pommy for a British person is commonly used in Australian
English
> > and New Zealand English, and is often shortened to Pom. The origin of
this
> > term is uncertain. The most likely explanation is based on the wearing
of
> > pom poms on the berets of British soldiers fighting during world war two
> > alongside many Australian and New Zealand soldiers.
> >
> > Another etymology is that it is a contraction of "pomegranates", a red
> > skinned fruit, which bears a more than passing resemblance to the
typical
> > pale complexioned Briton's skin after his or her first few days living
> > under
> > the hot Australian sun, or rhyming slang for 'immigrant' as the majority
> > of
> > early immigrants to Australia were British. The use of the word 'Pom' is
> > considered derogatory - some may use it to cause offence, but it is also
> > used in other situations as a friendly derogatory term among people who
> > know
> > each other well, if one of them is British and the other Australian.
> >
>
> if we extend this a bit, the term for english in the early - mid twentieth
> century was "tommie"
> it is well within the ausie sense of humour to corrupt tommie to pommie
(by
> way of the pomegranate complexion).
>
> these days the level of insult is usually determined by tone and the rest
of
> the sentence, the worst end of the scale is probably "whinging pom" (in
> fairness it should be pointed out that we ausies are capable of a fair
> degree of whinging also), "pommie bastard" on the other hand is usually a
> friendly reference (yes i know thats going to seem strange to those who
dont
> associate with ausies much. Sometimes it can be a mark of respect to, eg.
> when refering to the england cricket team as "the poms" there is usually a
> grudging respect involved (or at least used to be until their team spent
> about a decade unable to beat practically anyone, but that is rectifying
> itself now a new generation of younger more commited players are coming
> through).
Fourth Bruce: Gentleman, I'd like to introduce man from Pommeyland who is
joinin' us this year in the philosophy department at the University of
Walamaloo.
Everybruce: G'day!
Michael: Hello.
Fourth Bruce: Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael Baldwin, Bruce. Michael
Baldwin, Bruce.
First Bruce: Is your name not Bruce?
Michael: No, it's Michael.
Second Bruce: That's going to cause a little confusion.
Third Bruce: Mind if we call you "Bruce" to keep it clear?
Fourth Bruce: Gentlemen, I think we better start the faculty meeting. Before
we start, though, I'd like to ask the padre for a prayer.
First Bruce: Oh Lord, we beseech Thee, Amen!!
Everybruce: Amen!
Fourth Bruce: Crack tubes! (Sound of cans opening) Now I call upon Bruce to
officially welcome Mr. Baldwin to the philosophy faculty.
Second Bruce: I'd like to welcome the pommey bastard to God's own Earth, and
remind him that we don't like stuck-up sticky-beaks here.
Everybruce: Hear, hear! Well spoken, Bruce!
--
Qapla'
Kweeg
Ten of Canadian Clubs in the Eeeevil Trek Cabal
http://members.shaw.ca/iksbloodoath
"Half a gallon a'scotch!" Scotty (Spectre of the Gun)
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| Re: Eva's Spoilers! [message #175517 ] |
Mo, 28 November 2005 17:48 |
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"Fozzi" <efor6920 [at] bigpond.net.au> wrote
> if we extend this a bit, the term for english in the early - mid twentieth
> century was "tommie"
technically that was the term for a British soldier - enlisted man, not an
officer.
--
Jette Goldie
jette [at] blueyonder.co.uk
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