ColonelKasteen t1_iudnlks wrote
Reply to comment by KingHenry13th in The Discovery that Lemons Cure Scurvy Caused the Formation of the Sicilian Mafia by agreea
No, "limey" was in use for English sailors and more generally for English men everywhere in the anglosphere since the 19th century.
WWII GIs sometimes referred to English troops as limeys because they had been called that for the last 100 years. They more often called English troops Tommys.
AgoraiosBum t1_iuj6ydr wrote
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please
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