Re: Limeys

[tjhiggin@alpine.b17a.ingr.com (T.J. Higgins)]

> PS. Why do some Americans call British people Limeys?

The story (as I remember it from my school days) is that British 
sailors in the 1800s carried barrels of limes with them on their long 
voyages to prevent scurvy.  So British sailors became "limeys".  In 
the grand American tradition of generalization, this was extended to 
include any British person.
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