In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Sep 2010 18:21:55 +1000, "Oatis Willy PIO"
> > wrote:
>
> > So, 'Poms' are stupid Peter?
> ^^^^^
>
> Sorry, Charlie - you missed the boat. It's no insult if you use a
> word we're not familiar with.

GIYF

And some people even have dictionaries! It's in my US dictionary:

noun ( pl. -mies) Austral./NZ, informal offensive
a British person.

First I looked up "Pom". It's short for "Pommy". So I double-clicked
on it and got the above definition.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA