Thread: Why do TD Merkins use an Aussie word?

But 'limey' is so passée and World War II moviesque speak.

Originally Posted by November Rain

^^ Thanks, Milky.

You're welcome.

But you should have known this yourself.

I thought pom was French, deriving from pomme frite or whatever. Potato heads. I think Canucks used to call them limey feks or like Newfies, which I would consider much worse for a Brit.

Originally Posted by watterinja

Soutpiel = salty dick (white member)

I thought that this phrase originated from the fact that brits in South Africa couldnt decided where they're allegiances lay, so they had one foot in England and one foot in Africa and they're dick dangled in the ocean in between.

There are various reputed origins of the word POM. it is only slightly derogatory, most English I know are quite proud to be a called Pommy bastards, its an improvement on what they are normally called.
here is a little quote from the Britich assn of travel agents.

It's a Fawlty Towers world for some tourists




Damn those wide sandy beaches and oceans full of fish. And let's not get started on the consistency of gravy.
Honestly, it's enough to ruin a perfectly pleasant holiday, according to a list of recent complaints by not-so-intrepid British tourists.
Consider this "it's all your fault" rant by a woman who returned to Britain with an unexpected holiday souvenir: "My fiance and I booked a twin-bedded room, but we were placed in a double-bedded room. We now hold you responsible for the fact that I find myself pregnant."
Her complaint and scores like it, compiled by the Association of British Travel Agents and Thomas Cook, have done nothing to dispel the whingeing Pom cliche.
In one case, a British guest at a Novotel hotel in Australia made a fuss about his soup being too thick and strong. He had been supping from the gravy boat.
Another culinarily challenged traveller grumbled that "on my holiday to Goa in India, I was disgusted to find that almost every restaurant served curry. I don't like spicy food at all."
Other British tourists found their holidays were spoiled because "the beach was too sandy" and "no one told us there would be fish in the sea; the children were startled".
One disgruntled wife declared that topless sunbathing should be banned because her "holiday was ruined as my husband spent all day looking at other women".
While Australians love a rant as much as the next ticked-off customer, they are more likely to see the funny side of a bad situation than British tourists, Flight Centre spokesman Haydn Long said.
"Australians tend to be a little bit more adventurous and when you take the more adventurous option, you tend to be more tolerant of things not always being perfect."
Peter Hook, spokesman for the country's largest hotel group, Accor Asia Pacific, said Australians have a more laid-back attitude to travel because we've had to "overcome the tyranny of distance".
"When you fly 24 hours to the UK, a park bench looks attractive compared to an economy airline seat.
"Travel is in the blood of Australians and they also see the humour in situations. Other nationalities can be far more irritable."



How do you tell when a plane full of British tourists has landed? A selection of complaints from travellers from the UK

We bought Ray-Ban sunglasses for five euros ($9) from a street trader, only to find out they were fake.
* The brochure stated: "No hairdressers at the accommodation." We're trainee hairdressers — will we be OK staying here?
* There are too many Spanish people. The receptionist speaks Spanish. The food is Spanish. Too many foreigners.
* We found the sand was not like the sand in the brochure. Your brochure shows the sand as yellow but it was white.
* We had to queue outside with no air-conditioning.
* I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.
* It's lazy of the local shopkeepers to close in the afternoons. I often needed to buy things during "siesta" time — this should be banned.
* I was bitten by a mosquito — no one said they could bite.
* We booked an excursion to a water park but no one told us we had to bring our swimming costumes and towels.






SOURCE: ASSOCIATION FOR BRITISH TRAVEL AGENTS, THOMAS COOK

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

Didn't realize that the Jocks hated the Poms so much!

There were probably more Jock Poms than English.

Originally Posted by phuketbound

I never really knew what a Pom was until recently.

What a surprise!

Originally Posted by filch

Isn't the English language itself a simple theft and bastardization of Greek and Latin.

Not really. Most of it is Germanic in origin.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by watterinja

Soutpiel = salty dick (white member)

I thought that this phrase originated from the fact that brits in South Africa couldnt decided where they're allegiances lay, so they had one foot in England and one foot in Africa and they're dick dangled in the ocean in between.

Not according to Afrikaaner history. They have hated the Brits ever since those barbaric events at the turn of the century. If there had been a world court in those days, many a British leader would have sat in the Hague for the atrocities committed on the Boers (read - farmers). The Brits were savages in gentleman's clothes - all in the name of their Queen & royalty.

Against that, the name 'Pom' seems less odious.

Originally Posted by Milkman

we feel Australians are superior.

Thanks, Milkman . . . here's a photo of a typical Aussie, Kingwilly in fact, beating off another nubile woman trying to get it on.



It's tough being an Aussie. (Thanks, KW for allowing the use of your photo)

Originally Posted by Milkman

we feel Australians are superior.

Thanks, Milkman . . . here's a photo of a typical Aussie, Kingwilly in fact, fending off another nubile foriegn woman trying to get it on. Our reputation as the best lovers in the world precedes us . . . handsome men that we are



It's tough being an Aussie. (Thanks, KW for allowing the use of your photo)

Originally Posted by Milkman

we feel Australians are superior.

Speak for yourself, smelly-crotched ass-licker.

Originally Posted by panama hat

It's tough being an Aussie. (Thanks, KW for allowing the use of your photo)

a stunningly resemblance actually.

I think that;s November Rain in the pic also

Ahhhh.....but the English gave the world the word "Wanker".
Even our word "Bling" is now used commonly in the USA.

When it comes to swear words, the English are the best at making them up.

Swear words from the USA are piss poor in comparison. That's why Tex has to use the word Pom (which he misguidedly thinks is a bad word).

^ piece of manure.

Originally Posted by Texpat

Originally Posted by Milkman

we feel Australians are superior.

Speak for yourself, smelly-crotched ass-licker.

My crotch problem has been solved. And I don't lick arses.

Did you start drinking early this morning, or did you stay up all night?

Originally Posted by Texpat

^ piece of manure.

If that's the best you can do, it sorta proves my point you septic, bling wearing wanker!

You lot are so sensitive!

Originally Posted by Texpat

You lot are so sensitive!

I'm not.

Sorry Tex, forgot to add a smiley for you.

Originally Posted by kingwilly

Originally Posted by panama hat

It's tough being an Aussie. (Thanks, KW for allowing the use of your photo)

a stunningly resemblance actually.

I think that;s November Rain in the pic also

Ah, November Rain . . . another foreigner trying it on with a well-sculpted, bronzed Aussie . . .

I presume you gave the Pommie Sheila the flick.

ผอม - pom. Clearly an inappropriate name for a Brit.

Originally Posted by panama hat

Ah, November Rain . . . another foreigner trying it on with a well-sculpted, bronzed Aussie . . . I presume you gave the Pommie Sheila the flick.

huh?

Grrrrrrrrrrr!

I see we have lots of South African historians in our midst.

The meaning I provided is what is commonly understood amongst the Afrikaaner population in SA - at least the number I shared military service with, farmed with, did business with.

Originally Posted by Texpat

Speak for yourself, smelly-crotched ass-licker.

I sort of felt that way myself.

Originally Posted by Attilla the Hen

When it comes to swear words, the English are the best at making them up.

Bullshit, no one can swear like a American, no one....

plus that, swearing is the first thing we learn in any foreigh language, after the word for pussy that is.
and most languages can't even translate our swear words and have no words for our swear words.


Posted by Peterpan,
It's a Fawlty Towers world for some tourists

Very good Peter..