What’s a Pommy?
Mr. Singer Explains BENCH SEEKS ENLIGHTENMENT “What’s a poL.my?” asked His Honour Mr. Justice Herdman when the word cropped up in a divorce case at the Supreme Court this morning. Mr. Singer proceeded to enlighten His Honour. “It’s a word used to designate sons o£ the Mother Country who havfc recently arrived at these shores,” he stated. “I saw it in a paper for the first time the other day,” remarked His Honour. He added that he could not see where the word came from. “Pommy,” he said, “is hardly synonymous with the explanation given by Mr. Singer.” “Perhaps it has come about through the use of the word ‘homey,’ ” suggested Mr. Leary. His Honour concurred.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 43, 13 May 1927, Page 11
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