You be the judge:
“Limey is an old American and Canadian slang nickname for the British, originally referring to British sailors. The term is believed to derive from lime-juicer, referring to the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy practice of supplying lime juice to British sailors to prevent scurvy. The benefits of citrus juice were well known at the time thanks to the acute observations of surgeon James Lind, who noticed that the cabbage-eating Dutch had fewer problems with scurvy. Limes were used over lemons because limes were more readily available from Britain’s own Caribbean colonies. The term is thought to have originated in the Caribbean in the 1880s. A false etymology is that it is a derivative of “Cor blimey” (“God blind me!”).”
Oh yeah, and one more thing…my Mother is a British citizen.
But then again, facts tend to be damned from an individual who has little else to lose (credibility being the first to go, spurring the domino effect of heartache and in this particular case, most likely indigestion).
