Nor are Packi, yid, gook, slope and kaffir etc.

Presumably they're all fine as they're not in the swear filter. Looks like this website is going to become an interesting place from now on.

It's more of a derogatory word than a racist one.

Strangely enough a large proportion of the Lebanese Community in Sydney have adopted the word as a term of endearment towards each other.

Willard I think you are getting off topic here and I strongly suggest you don't!

This is a footy forum!

Wrong – and it's now on the swear filter.

Well done.

Might be worth adding the others that Willard typed as well.

Sounds a lot like another racist term used commonly amongst certain groups, but not deigned to be acceptable in common usage.

Do you mean 'Pom'???

I'm not uncomfortable using it.

I do prefer 'Soap Dodger' though

how is lov-ely a rascist term ????

The fact that (British descended) Australians adopted a racist term to refer to fellow Australians of a slightly Mediterranian background doesn't make it not racist.


And that's enough diversion.

In the UK we have a small matter of Soccer...

The premiership - on average, over 35,000 per team per week turn out to watch premiership footy

The Championship - on average, over 20,000 per team per week turn out to watch Championship footy

League 1 / 3rd tier - The top 4 best supported clubs in english footballs 3rd tier have an average gate of between 17 and 24000

Now consider what it costs to watch english league football...League 1 / 3rd tier, costs about the same as watching Rugby Leagues Superleague and at some clubs, it costs more!

Football is the UKs number one sporting attraction - over a million people every week pay to go and watch live football and a lot pay through the nose for it - at both home and away games. Watching football in the UK is an expensive do!

Then Rugby league has to fight with the likes of cricket, motoracing and rugby union for the rest of the people who can afford to go out and watch sport.

Personally, i think RL in the UK is doing well to attract the support it does considering what other sports it is battling with for fans.

In australia, isnt RL held in the same regard and english football? isnt it the 'premier' sporting attraction? it certainly doesnt have to fight for support with a concept that is as well supported as football is in the UK.

for the above stated reasons, i dont think you can make a fair comparison between attendances in Superleague and the NRL.

oh and whilst were here, its ' pohm ', and i find it ironic that you aussies use the term in reference to us english.

stop up making nonsense.

ive lived in sydney all my life and never heard these terms

what an imagination you have

So you seriously expect me to believe that 'someone who has lived in Sydney all his life' has never heard of Cabramatta referred to as 'Stabramatta' or Kogarah referred to as 'W o garah'???


Thats just finally confirmed it for me.

You are definately a Pom