Just ignore it, and at the end of the game, write "There is no place for profanity in any press."

Of course, if you want to respond in like kind, he is probably Australian so there is plenty of choice available.

Punish him in game. I'm sure the rest of the players will gladly help.

Just curious...what's a pommy?

Yeah, that's my question too.

It's an "offensive" term that some Australians call us Brits. I don't really take offense by it but I see no need for the swearing.

My dad's an Aussie and he's never called me a pom...

I think it means Prisoner Of her Majesty, which is ironic since recent English immigrants to Australia aren't prisoners whereas old immigrants were :-)

pommy is Australian slang for an Englishman, derogatory.

@Kestas - It's actually short for pomengaranate apparently.

I remembered reading in the QI Book of Genrel ignorance so I looked it up. I read this:
"Pomegranate is a near enough rhyme to immigrant"

Now there is a converstion starter.

I wonder if it essence was mocking Cockney Rhyming Slang.

hmmm... do we have an equivalent term in america or the british?

it actually was what the english convicts called themselves, you yanks call us limeys becuase are sailors used to eat limes to keep scurvy away

@paulg i would just keep bringing up the last two rugby world cups until he shutups up or just write this to him: god save YOUR gracious queen etc

Just don't mention the cricket...

As to the original comment paulg - do not discuss ongoing games! Its against the rules on the site you used to play on :P

Seriously though, I'd say tough it out. You may be offended by his less than appropriate conduct but just let your in-game actions reflect that. If the player talks like that to more people than just you he will clearly alienate himself. If it offends you to the point where you really can't stand dealing with him you can cut contact - stop flipping to his tab and forget about him.

Considering most mature people are able to withstand such abuse you could also try to just forget about it and move on. It doesn't happen very often on the site and isn't really worth bothering yourself about.

Any unusual Brit slang for the Colonies/Colonists? Us Canadians sometimes call ourselves 'Canucks' and the Quebecois 'Frogs' (no idea why). Never heard 'pommy' before! (I learn something new everyday on here, lol)

I'm pretty sure that 'frog' has been used as a derogatory term for French by the British for centuries. I'm guessing that that's where that started :P

Racist abuse is best ignored, scum like racists don't deserve a minute of your time no matter how long you have.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommie#Pommy

I really detest the bad language and the personal attacks.
Depending on what I suspect the age of the individual I may react in different ways from paternalistic/moralistic/Grandfather/mentor/patronizing to simply ignoring it and going to wipe him out.
In between is one technique where you keep the pressure up on him and work around his bluster/crudeness and then when you finally wipe him out ,by which time you are somewhat talking normally and then mention that
the next time you play and he is tempted to curse and insult someone, think about what would he do if he was playing over a friends house with you?

Frogs I always assumed come from the French delicacy 'Frog's Legs'. In return I've heard they refer to English as 'Roast Beefs'... though don't think it's in as much general usage in France as 'froggies' is in UK (and Canada).

scaael04, why is it offensive to call someone from the UK a Brit?

It was just first used in a derrogatory manner. We Brits decided just to send people up for using it and used it ourselves.

Archonix
Did I say it was an ongoing game? I didn't give a reference. And I actually still play on that site. I have found elsewhere that when I do retaliate it is me who gets in trouble. In other words there are some people who know just how far they can go. Alas, if I retaliate I have to do better, which sometimes gets me in trouble. So, obviously, I'll ignore it.

@spyman its not offensive but i for one prefer to be called english and im sure its the same for the scots/welsh/n irish

It was at first offensive in fact.

why the hell do british people consider every person from america a yank and seriously whats up with the cheeseburger insult its so lame. not everyone in america is fat and/or likes cheeseburgers.

i do find it funny that england is the only place you can go to McDonalds and drop 5 pounds. (0.o) tehehe...i made a funny

@ spyman - I never said Brit was an offensive term. I said:
It's an "offensive" term that some Australians call us Brits.

What I mean is:
Pommy is an offensive term that some Australians call us British.

But I see the reason for confusion reading back on it.

I jsut shortened British to Brit.

"why the hell do british people consider every person from america a yank " because thats what you are, made your version of the word yank is different from ours we just mean american when we saying not yankee i.e northern state which is what americans take it to mean

However not fat some people in the colonies may be, I calculated recently that, although America made up only 4.5% of the global population, it makes up at least 7% of the global human body mass....

Just wait a few years, the rest of the world is catching up fast.