and wins. What is happening to this country? Minorities are taking over.

Australia's advertising watchdog has struck a blow against the stereotype of the whingeing Pom - upholding complaints from irate Englishmen offended by a beer advertisement.

The board reviewed the radio advertisement, in which a group of British men sing the tune of Land of Hope and Glory using various synonyms of the word whinge including whine, moan, slag and complain.

Article here.

Is this the only place the english can win against Australia this summer?

link to ad?

The board felt that the negative words used in the advertisement detracted from the otherwise playful nature of the word Pom, leaving it with a "derogatory and almost hostile meaning", said ASB acting CEO Mark Jeanes.

POM isn't a derogatory word?
Wow, I've been using it in the wrong context for a long time.

how can you tell when a plane load of English has landed?

when the engines stop the whining continues.

POM isn't a derogatory word?

Should be POME - Prisoner Of Mother England. Hence "pommy"

I guess it depends on who you talk to as to whether the term is derogatory. Heck, Americans here like to joke with me about us being a bunch of convicts too.

Ah England. The same country that banned the last Aussie Tourism ad because it says "Bloody" - not realising that "bloody" comes from England and is a shortening of "By Our Lady".

Should be POME - Prisoner Of Mother England. Hence "pommy"

So when someone says "f*** you pommy" they actually are saying fornicate under consent of the king you prisoner of mother england?

no they're not.

boo f***ing hoo to those whigney pomy c***s lol

I so read this as pom whinges over whinging porn beer ad.

Should be POME - Prisoner Of Mother England. Hence "pommy"

i know we have had this argument before, but its actually POM and has been for evar

mite have started off as POME, but its not anymore

Claim: "Pommy" (or "pom"), a slang term for a British person, comes from the acronym POHM, which was used to designate a "Prisoner of His Majesty."

Status: False.

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

Claim: The word 'f***' derives from an acronymic phrase, either 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' or 'Fornication Under Consent of the King.'

Status: False.

http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/f***.htm

Well I sure feel better now, knowing that snopes is right once again. :P

(Where *would* we be without Snopes and Wikipedia?)

Claim: The word 'f***' derives from an acronymic phrase, either 'For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge' or 'Fornication Under Consent of the King.'

Status: False

No, really?

f*** eh