02-10-2008, 05:10 PM
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I know the word POSH comes from the old 'steamer' days when ships would sail from England to India, and the richer passengers would have this stamped on their luggage to indicate that they were to be placed in different cabins based upon whether they were going out to India, or home to England...Port Out Starboard Home. This way, they would avoid the sun streaming into their cabins.
Also, that wonderfully affectionate term that Australians have for us Brits (affectionate my a$$...lol ) POMMIE is supposedly what we used to stamp on the backs of their outfits when we shipped them off for stealing a bagel or speeding in a horse and cart or something...POHM (Prisoner Of His Majesty)...unless any of you Aussies have a different explanation?
Glyn
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