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RE: Limey

To: Richard Jackson <RICHARD.JACKSON@nene.ac.uk>
Subject: RE: Limey
From: "Richard Fontaine (ENG)" <fontaine@scooby.lklnd.usf.edu>
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 12:51:29 -0500 (EST)
Cc: "Lindberg, Andrew" <Andrew.Lindberg@CORP.honeywell.com>, triumphs@Autox.Team.Net
rich; the origin of the term "yank" is derived from the old west when the
cowboys were out in the wilds, and there were no women available....
pick it up there....I'M KIDDING.
dick fontaine
48mgtc
62tr3b
"he who dies with the most toys, wins"
i want to be 2nd.

On Tue, 4 Feb 1997, Richard Jackson wrote:

> >"I'm perhaps not old enough to understand what the term LIMEY means."  Phil
> >Smith
> 
> >To avoid scurvy British sailors ate citrus fruits, including limes.  This
> >was during the era of sailing ships when the British fleet ruled the world.
> > Before the British discovered the medicinal properties of limes, many
> >sailors died from scurvy.  -- Andy
> 
> Cheers, I was just about to say that.  So then, where does the term yank come
> from???  
> 
> Rich
> 


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