on โ10-12-2014 10:18 AM
on โ14-12-2014 02:34 PM
on โ14-12-2014 02:53 PM
on โ14-12-2014 02:59 PM
I only came across that by accident Aps. I had never heard of it. It is apparently because Aussies used to (or still do) call the English whinging poms because apparently we complain about everything. I say we but I've been here since I was 10 so I'm sort of 'stralianised now.
Then it was decided that the kiwis were even worse whingers than the poms so they were labelled as south sea poms or carping kiwis.
They are a weird mob the Aussies ๐
on โ14-12-2014 03:03 PM
on โ14-12-2014 03:12 PM
Context is everything. When my husband moved to N.Z. as a child, the other kids teased him, calling him a pom. He is Scottish, and so the term was offensive to him. When he moved back to Scotland 3 years later, the kids called him a Kiwi, and the schoolyard fights ensued.
I'm not offended by being called a Yank(on this board). I just don't relate to the term in any way. I live on the West coast. I also come from European, Canadian, and American Indian roots. I am the first generation on my mothers side to live in the U.S. My fathers side is Amer. Indian, and who knows what else.
I feel that the term Yank, is a convenient term that other countries have adopted.
Amerie, doesn't sound as good as Ozzie, Pom, or Kiwi.
on โ14-12-2014 03:17 PM
on โ14-12-2014 03:34 PM
Aussies and Kiwi's always take the p out of each other, mainly over sport.
Why do Aussies have a beer called XXXX, because they cant spell beer ๐
on โ14-12-2014 03:42 PM
on โ14-12-2014 03:43 PM
@lionrose.7 wrote:
Why do Aussies have a beer called XXXX, because they cant spell beer ๐
That is banana-benders for you!
on โ14-12-2014 03:46 PM
@watta*drama*queen wrote:
@lionrose.7 wrote:
Why do Aussies have a beer called XXXX, because they cant spell beer ๐
That is banana-benders for you!
it originated from victoria
i didnt mind a drop or tw0 of xxxx