Talk:Limey

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Limey isn't a 'racist' term-- it isn't a label put on one race by another. It's a term that was used by--predominately white--US soldiers and Marines (a large percentage of whom were of Irish, English, Scottish and Welsh descent) in WWI to describe--predominately white--British soldiers (irrespective of English, Scottish, Welsh or Irish origin).

It's about as racist as 'Yank'. Gazh 19:33, 5 October 2007 (UTC)

Which is not very much - the terms are probably both often used more in jest, poking fun at the other, than with any serious malice implied.--h i s ^{s p a c e} _{r e s e a r c h} 22:37, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

From my understanding, the term "limey" originated from an order from the Admiralty in the late 1700s that every British sailor should be given a lime a day to prevent scurvy. Is this correct, and should it be added to the page? Parsecboy (talk) 18:53, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Disambiguation page or not?

This page is currently a disambiguation page but it seems instead to be dedicated to the term 'limey', as it has a paragraph about that term. Should the page be changed to an article for that term and a link to the film 'Limey' added at the top of that page? --Credema (talk) 21:27, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

I don't see anything wrong with that; generally, dab pages aren't necessary when there are only 2 topics with similar names, as hat notes are sufficient for anyone who gets to the wrong article accidentally. Parsecboy (talk) 21:42, 5 May 2008 (UTC)