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iadom · 09-05-2004, 23:46

This could be apocryphal ( that looks wrong but I have checked) but apparently the word posh is supposed to come from the time when the hoi pollio, sailed out east. To get the best of the sun they would insist on their cabins being Port Out -Starboard Home.

09-05-2004, 23:46	#49
iadom In the corner, sulking. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire. Services: 2 TV 360 boxes. 500mb BB, Phone line. Posts: 8,041	Re: Did you know ? This could be apocryphal ( that looks wrong but I have checked) but apparently the word posh is supposed to come from the time when the hoi pollio, sailed out east. To get the best of the sun they would insist on their cabins being Port Out -Starboard Home.