What's "Cor" mean / Poms

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Goddlefrood" <gav_fiji at ...> wrote:

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.

Geoff:
My eldest son, who, like all my family, grew up in SW18, calls it 
"Sarf Lunnon".

 
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.

Geoff:
For information, we get plenty of daylight on Exmoor...

I have heard that the name "Limeys" is derived from Lime Street, one 
of the principal streets in Liverpool. Many people emigrating to the US 
in past years sailed from the docks here.