Re: choice of words

[Tony <scope@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:44 PM 9/14/1998 -0400, you wrote:
>********
> What's a "POM" ? 
>
>..........George Pearl  :-)

Pom, or Pomey is still used a lot in Australia in reference to British
people  and said to have derived from a shorthand description on 19th
century transported convicts'  papers - P O M E  (Prisoner of Mother England)

You didn't ask about 'Limey'.  In the mid 18th century a Scottish naval
surgeon discovered that the debilitating disease scurvy to which sailors
were prone, could be prevented by eating limes and other fruit rich in
Vitamin C during long sea voyages.  British sailors thus came to be called
'Limeys' by other nationalities (who presumably were still getting scurvy!).

Sorry, I know this has nothing to do with panoramic photography, but
neither did the previous 20 or so posts on the same subject.

Tony Andrews
Australian Widescreen Association