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    Pommy bastards

    By Will 2 years ago, at the end of February Leave a comment on this post

    This has just a tenuous link to cricket (the mentioning of ‘pommy’); it’s the headline of the week:

    Truth about Pommy bastards: most births will soon be out of wedlock

    HALF of all babies in Britain will be born to unmarried mothers by 2012 if present trends continue, new research says.

    Brilliant.

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    4 Responses to “Pommy bastards”

  • Pratik wrote:
    February 27th, 2006 at 5.48 am

    Do origins of the word Pommy lie in cricket?

  • Elliott wrote:
    February 27th, 2006 at 8.00 am

    I have always wondered that as well.
    Where does the word and why do we call the English “poms”???
    I have never bothered looking it up, i might do if i have some spare time to waste later tonight! :P

  • Elliott wrote:
    February 27th, 2006 at 10.27 am

    Where does “POM” come from…

    http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/pommy.htm

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alternative_words_for_British

    http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pom1.htm

    http://www.australianbeers.com/culture/poms.htm

    I think these answer our question.

  • marcus wrote:
    February 27th, 2006 at 5.42 pm

    please please tell us why he went home?

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