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Gee, thanks Hoovie

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Happy unbirthday!

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Have a good one

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John,

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hey John - got a question for you ...

Why Pompey and why Guz? (question was on BBC Devon this lunchtime and I thought you would be bound to know )

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Hoovie, Lots of different opinions on Pompey

1, Bombay was part of the wedding gift of Catherine of Braganza to Charles II. Portuguese seaman saw a resemblance between the two ports and may have called Portsmouth “Bom Bhia” which to English ears sounds like Pompey.

2, Dame Agnes Weston was describing the murder of the Roman general Pompey at a lecture to a naval audience. A member of the audience exclaimed “Poor old Pompey!” and this phrase stuck.

3, A drunkard’s slurred pronunciation of Portsmouth Point (where there are many taverns popular with sailors)

4, Ships entering Portsmouth harbour make an entry in the ship’s log Pom. P. as a reference to Portsmouth Point (this being to long). Navigational charts also use this abbreviation.

5, La Pompee was a captured French ship moored in Portsmouth and used for accommodation. (Captured 1793 and broken up 1817). There is a Yorkshire term “pompey” for prison or house of correction.

6, Volunteer firemen in the eighteenth century (known as pompiers) exercised on Southsea Common.

7, In 1781, some Portsmouth sailors climbed Pompey’s pillar near Alexandria and became known as the “Pompey boys”.

8, The pomp and ceremony connected with the Royal Navy at Portsmouth led to the adoption of the nickname, “Pompey”.


DEVONPORT - “GUZ”

1, Short for “Guzzle”, relating to the West Country’s love of cream teas of scones, jam and clotted cream.
2, “Guzzle” Relating to the sailors apparent fondness for beer.
Or my favourite
3, gozell ouer the name for the ferrymen that used to ply boats between the ships and shore before there were Shore
Bases, before then some hulks were used for living aboard.

What did you hear?
John

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What did I hear? none of the above

No one knew where Guz came from.
Theory on Pompey is that portsmouth starts with "Po" so nicknamed Pompey
Another was there was a General (Admiral?) Pompey

Question came about after a discussion about how non-local people get Plymouth and Portsmouth mixed up and go to the wrong place

One guy - from Weymouth - calledin and said a woman stopped him and said "can you tell me how to get to Doncaster?" He said "you're quite a way away , my love". She replies "well, it's the big town near here isn't it?" .
You can prob guess what she meant

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I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?"
She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

There was a Greek (Ithink ) General called Pompey killed in a battle even before The Scruff was born, BC something!




John

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Think you will find Pompey came from thier Colliers and power station

Pompey power and Pompey light.

Arthur Cogswell (Pompey Islamic) was into architectural and built many of the famous places around Portsmouth, including loads of pubs for the local brewery.

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