What's "Cor" mean / Poms

[Goddlefrood]

In:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/34336

> Mike:
> Could any of our British members or recent ex-pats say
> whether it's still in use?

Goddlefrood:

It is still in use, but you'll go a long way to hear it. One of 
my peers at University used it quite regularly; he was from sarf 
London.


In:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/34345

> > Sharon:
> > We call ex-pats "Poms" which has something to do with 
> > Pomeranian--not the dog type, but something to do with 
> > the military I believe? if anyone knows where that terms 
> > originates I would be most grateful.

> Catlady:
> I always heard that it was 'pommies' and meant 'Prisoners Of 
> Mother England'. I have no idea why it would mean that.

Goddlefrood:

This is the one I always knew it as too, it being an ironic 
reference by the Australians to their beginnings as a colony. 
While they might have been convicts, those that remained behind 
were the real prisoners.

In:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPFGU-OTChatter/message/34346

> Sharon
> I found this website where it states that pommie is short for 
> pomegranate-referring to the fact that Anglo-British immigrants 
> all had very fair skin and burnt easily in the harsh Australian 
> sun. Anglo-Aussies tend to be more tanned, even the fair ones.
> http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pom1.htm

Goddlefrood:

Whoever wrote that must be having a laugh, it's about as likely 
as Pomeranian. Mind you, the Americans call us limeys, so there 
could be something in the fruit link. I must say I doubt it.

I am no longer a pom myself, having left the benighted isle.