> > 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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> Intergraph Corp. | Mapping Sciences Division | Huntsville, AL, USA
>
I was told it was from when the yanks flew back and forth over he
white cliffs of Dover.
Marcus
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