2007-03-28 05:22:12 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
so it's a compliment?
2007-03-28 05:28:30 · update #1
yeah they sucked lemons to keep scurvy away - kept their gums healthy
2007-03-28 05:25:45 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Limey was introduced into the language in 1918.
It's a noun, and means a British sailor, and hence more broadly, a British person.
US slang. A truncated version of 'lime-juicer', a dismissive term for a British ship or sailor which dates from the mid-19th century and which refers to the lime-juice drunk as an anti-scorbutic by sailors in the Royal Navy.
2007-03-28 12:29:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for your Q and the answers. I'd always thought it was to do with the port of Liverpool having Lime Street (where Maggie May won't walk down any more, any more) in it, innit!
(PS - Captain Cook had his Endeavour officers and men eat sauerkraut for the same reason - anti-scurvy. That worked too.)
2007-03-28 14:33:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! They needed the vitamin C
2007-03-28 12:26:18 · answer #4 · answered by PrincessPlum 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. they ate limes.
2007-03-28 12:24:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know yes.
2007-03-28 12:24:49 · answer #6 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋