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To: HG who wrote (6519)10/21/2001 2:21:47 AM
From: maceng2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Really ? I could have sworn otherwise....coz their suburbs are named after the British cities and towns

Amongst the "better classes" in those countries it is fashionable to be "tolerant" of the British LOL

pommy = POM = Prisoner of (Her) Majesty.

You have to understand the perspective a little. It was a country that received criminals from overseas. Therefore Britain was a country full of criminals, as that is where the POMS came from -g-