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   On Fri, 08 Feb 2008 07:01:02 +0000, John Santos wrote:   
      
   > So why do Aussies call (transplanted?) Brits "Pommies"?  Because they   
   > eat potatoes?   
      
   PoME was an acronym for Prisoner of Mother England, according to some   
   sources.  There are other explanations, one being that it's a contraction   
   of pomegranate, which was Cockney Rhyming Slang for immigrant.   
      
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