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A proud group of people from the greatest nation ever. With a tiny landmass and population we controlled half the world and invented the the modern world, international language, industry, comedy and (errrm) america. Whereas the Wankers, excuse me, Yanks beleisve they are the greatest nation in the world because they own alot of oil. While we took over the world, they couldnt even beat the Vietcong - who wore slippers into combat for fucks sake.
Yank1: I wish i was a limey, they hav such a complex sense of humour.
Yank2: Me too, and they are grammatically accurate in speech.
Yank1: Darn tootin' id piss on the stars and stripes anyday if it meant aquiring a Cockney accent.
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British sailors sucked on Limes to avoid scurvy when pioneering the New World.
Yes, Britain may have had its day in the 'whole world' picture, but - we do know where the USA is, how many states it has and are generally up-to-date with the names of the major political players. 2 Questions for our American cousins: 1. How many counties are in England? 2. Can you define the difference between; Great Britain, United Kingdom and British Isles?
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Someone from Britian. Comes from the fact that British sailors would suck limes to prevent Scurvey.
Though in response to AimiaC the philistinic yank who wrote a definintion of limey before, really, you must learn to spell British before you insult them. Why do you call public toilets a bathroom when there is no bath in it? Clearly you have never been to the nicer ends of Newcastle or Liverpool where you're more likely to have a pipe shoved up your arse than speak like there's one up there. Bizzaire that the most popular food in the UK is curry when our tastes are so bland.
I'm not patriotic, I just dislike someone who sounds like they never moved out of their mothers insulting a country which is clearly better than theirs.
Typical limey : Gosh, look at that Yank over their, pass the smelling salts before I pass out, oh and Jeeves pop a pot of Earl Grey on the boil for later, toodlepip old bean.
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A term of abuse when used by non-limeys, but to a limey himself a compliment.
Based on the fact that British sailors were the first to use citrus fruit, commonly lime-juice being the most readily available from colonies in the West Indies, as an anti-scorbutic years before it was adopted by other sea-going nations.
Captain Cook used it for his crews on his various circumnavigations before 1779, yet American sailors still succumbed to scurvy during the War of 1812
Norteamericano:"You're just a goddam Limey!"
Limey:"Thankyou very much. Chuffed."
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Is there no good word for limey!
"Them limeys are alright they are"
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God's (of any religion) chosen people, live in a Green and Pleasant land known as England. Comes from the fact that the Royal Navy was clever enough to give its Sailors a good source of Vitamin C to stop them dropping down dead with scurvy. And as at that time we had the World's largest Navy we needed Sailors to man, see unlike you Americans we don't man equipment, we equip MEN (real men not pansies who hide behind a gun!). A good example of this is the fact that Basra seemed not to hate us, and we could walk around our part of Iraq with berets, whilst the Americans needed 5 metres (Metric term, slightly longer than a Yard) worth of Armour.
Red Neck: Ahh sucks being at sea so long, missin' ma cousin, I got this scurvy too.
Limey: Hmm try this Lime, although we don't molest our cousins where I'm from old chap, can't help on that one! Hmm nice tea, so much better than that bloody awful coffee you chaps drink!
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