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#21 Post by bobbob »

enfielddream wrote:Thank you Ovenpaa. Seems like it makes sense. Also, to refer to a English person as a BRIT or the English people as BRITS is that O.K. in general especially coming from a YANK?
Fine by me :good:

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#22 Post by ovenpaa »

Yes Brit or Brits is fine by me as well :good:
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ovenpaa wrote:I think legend has it Limey was the American word for English sailors because they used to eat Limes to prevent Scurvy but I could be very wrong...

Quite right Ovenpaa, and lime juice was issued in some ships with the rum.

(before my time, my old Chief told me when I was a Junior Seaman)

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#24 Post by ovenpaa »

Well as long as they were not adding the lime juice to Snowballs.... :lol: :lol:
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