phil;
i'm sure there is a very knowledgeable member out there that will correct
me, but i've got a partial answer to "limey" meaning..back in the golden
age of sailing ships and england the ruler of the seas,the crews were
subject to scurvy(due to lack of vit. c in restricted diet of bread and
salted meat)they began carrying limes aboard ship to add vit. c to correct
the deficiency,thus the term, "limey"...
o.k. brits?
dick fontaine
48mgtc
62tr3b
"he who dies with the most toys, wins"
i want to be 2nd.
On Tue, 4 Feb 1997 smith007@ix.netcom.com wrote:
> >I take it this is an American thing that us Limey's just ain't gonna
> >understand!!! ;-)
> I'm an old Fart but perhaps not old enough to understand, what the term
> LIMEY means, or it's history. I can only guess it is a shortened or slang
> for " Lie To Me" as in ; when you take your LBC in to get an estimate on
> a pepair.
>
> Phil Smith
> Tampa, FL.
> 69 TR6
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