I suppose the mysterious Sopwith Bactrian, the little known twin Camel, is completely out of the question too, Gov'nor.?
Is there a little known variant, the Sopwith Dromedary?
That was the Canadian fueled version with twin viper engines and the twelve blade counter rotating Mexican propellers, Sue.
Yes. My understanding after 42 years "in country" is that the term "Pom" refers to the English only. Strictly speaking it usually doesn't even include other Britons such as the Scots and Welsh; and certainly not folks from the Commonwealth countries either unless they are (relatively recently migrated) English.
... but I digress again.
Nah - Pomgolia covers Britain (the island) but not Ireland (the island) - but that's this side of the ditch.
The South American export model -the Sopwith Llama.
It's been my experience here (and I've lived & worked all over Australia), that anyone who calls a Scotsman a "Pom" is risking a knuckle sandwich or at the very least, considerable indignation. The English bear it usually with good grace; often with humour; occasionally as a badge of honour and acceptance! Most of the Aussie-born Aussies I've met generally use it only when they hear an English accent.
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Same here really. "Native" Australians can't usually detect differences in accent/dialect ,so anyone from the UK is liable to wear the"Pommy" label: unless it's particularly blatant.
("Skip" from the children's TV series "Skippy, The Bush Kangaroo").
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New Zealanders are off-shore Ozzies with culture.
Australians are sun-drenched Scousers who yearn to be New Zealanders.
Not invariably: my wife's a Geordie.
Admittedly, that's probably less true of the Welsh whose accents might be more readily mistaken as being from "some part of England maybe"; but then again, in my experience, the Welsh tend to be less likely to object anyway.
I lived and worked in Victoria for a year too, btw, back in the 70's; and in NSW for three.
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That's kulcha is what we've got - just like yoghurt.
One of these days I'll have to go visit the place. The experience should either boost my yearning or kill it off.
What was that about the Albatros vs the Camel? seems we just can't stop ourselves from rambling OT here.
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