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Re: the vernacular

To: <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: the vernacular
From: "Alec Gallagher" <alec@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 19:03:33 +0100
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-----Original Message-----
From: Wendy Spencer <wspencer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <brass-band@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 02 May 2000 08:02
Subject: Re: the vernacular



>I'm sorry that I've confused you further.  The term "pom' has rather
obscure
>beginnings - your explanation was one possibility, also Prisoner Of Mother
>England is another.  Another story is that the pale complexions of the
>British newly arrived in the colonies was reminiscent of the fruit of the
>pomegranate.  Take your pick - I was just trying to offer a rough
>explanation.


Just to confuse matters further, The Cassell Dictionary of Slang has 'pom'
as an abbreviation of 'pomegranate', which allegedly sounds very similar to
'immigrant'.   I must say this sounds a lot less convincing than some of the
other explanations!

Alec


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