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Re: clarify parochial language
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Jonathan Julius Dobkin <[log in to unmask]>
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The philosophy, work & influences of Noam Chomsky
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Wed, 29 May 2002 13:05:06 -0400
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As someone who regularly wins bottles of wine at my local pub's weekly
trivia night, I've actually heard the term "pom," and know it's oz-speak
for "prisoners of" something; of what not even I can remember.

----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Bartlett <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 7:04 pm
Subject: [CHOMSKY] Bully for Australia, when it stands up for itself

> http://www.theage.com.a
>
> Bully for Australia, when it
> stands up for itself
>
> By Terry Lane
> May 26 2002
>
> The first casualty of war is precision. I offer an example from
> this newspaper last Sunday. This comes from the story about a
> bunch of Australian soldiers who had to be rescued by the Poms

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