>>>I'd have thought that the word "lemon" originates from a place where they would grow, originally, and that wasn't England. >>>... >> >>Lemons come from Southern Europe (Greece probably). What your area has is "limeys". {gd&r} > >Ah, well, quite topically, as I understand it, the Americans started calling British sailors "limeys" because of their habit of eating "limes" to stave off scurvy, and lemons, in those days, were called "limes". >To me it doesn't sound like a disparaging or insulting soubriquet, suggesting, as it does, healthy body and eating, unlike some of the American words for other foreigners. > >Yah Boo Sucks!
Not insulting enough? Splintering barnacles! I failed!
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