Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Sharks in the Septic Tank -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: thames_sider who wrote (35644)	10/26/2001 11:52:43 AM
From: Bald Eagle	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I mentioned limey not pom or pommie. I've never heard a yank(is that derogatory?) call the English pommies. Don't the Aussies just call us pommies, not limeys? Limey is from when the British brought limes on the ships to prevent scurvy, but I think pom has a different origin. I believe pom actually comes from POHM, which stood for Prisoners of Her Majesty as most Brits who went to Australia in the early days were just that. I don't think there's a whole lot of vitamin C(the scurvy preventing vitamin) in apples, but I could be wrong.