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  • "Pommie" Mbangwa have called for some respite for a South African team that has claimed the scalps of Pakistan, England, India and Australia in less than two years and did set up a challenge for the world top spot.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • And yes Colm I think you are thin skinned - I have a T-Shirt with the words Pommie Ba*stard all over it - shuts the aussies up!!

    Clarkson - Apologising for the right thing and ignoring Scots MPs Norfolk Blogger 2009

  • When I told a Pommie that I lived in the countryside he said, "oh! but i thought most of Australia had no electricity" - I politely said that was true 100 yrs ago and my computer doenst run on petrol (he logged off the game we were playing suddenly - dont ask me why) and the cruelest thing I've ever done is tell a tourist that Vegemite was sweet.

    Australian Humor Nalini Singh 2009

  • Briton who claimed it was a bit hot branded a 'whinging Pommie poofter'.

    News in Brief - 29 January 2009 Dungeekin 2009

  • Briton who claimed it was a bit hot branded a 'whinging Pommie poofter'.

    Archive 2009-01-01 Dungeekin 2009

  • I started telling my Pommie (Aussie term for English) migrant colleagues about my childhood dog ...

    arrosoir - French Word-A-Day 2008

  • Now waiting for the sex scandal photos of Warnie, two naked Pommie chicks and the inflatable Rhino.

    Cheeseburger Gothic » Gotta luv the merch. 2010

  • Brodie Johnston plays on with ruptured spleen AUSTRALIAGrit, gambling and gumption As a cartoon snapshot of the Australian character, Aussie rules football exhibited some sterling examples of solid bloke culture last week, as well as a spot of stand-up-and-be-counted-mate bravery that has put their Pommie cousins to shame.

    Grit, gambling and gumption in Australia 2010

  • The interactive format has been trialled in two performances at the Sydney Opera House that, reportedly, had Australians eating out of Fry's Pommie hand.

    Stephen Fry: The know-all who is everybody's friend 2010

  • Why, over here in New Zealand recently, hot on the heels of being advised by a Pommie architect to eat to our pets, we had young ladies protesting against global warming/climate change by marching in only body paint!

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

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