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Coldfusion | 09:34 Wed 21st Jan 2004 | People & Places
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Why do the Americans call the British (or just English) Limey's???
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As far as I can remember, it was due to eating limes whilst travelling to America by boat. The limes were to stop us contracting scurvy, which is caused by a lack of vitamin C.

And here's a link which seems ot back me up: http://www.bartleby.com/61/37/L0173700.html
10:03 Wed 21st Jan 2004
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It all goes back to Captain James Cook. He made his sailors eat lemons (although they were called limes im those days) as a source of vitamin C to prevent scurvy.
21:38 Fri 23rd Jan 2004

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