What's "Cor" mean / Poms

[sistermagpie]

> 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.

Magpie:
Pomegranate was the definition I heard years ago--I think on some TV 
show about language. So I always thought that was the reason until 
now, but I like yours better. Not sure which one's true, though. Just 
because something sounds dumb doesn't necessarily mean it's not true--
as you point out, limey's based on fruit too!

-m (who has had a Pomeranian and she didn't have a particularly 
British temperment)