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ICC To Get Tough On Racists

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Langeveldt said:
Apparently English people are called Limeys by Americans (Because the old sailors used to suck Limes to prevent scurvy)

I fail to see why this is offensive in the slightest, I expect the American response to scurvy would be to bomb a poor country :laugh:

Yes, we do call the English limeys. But who said it was offensive in the first place?

Our response to scurvy would be to order Blair to bomb a poor country with us.
 

Langeveldt

Soutie
silentstriker said:
Yes, we do call the English limeys. But who said it was offensive in the first place?

Our response to scurvy would be to order Blair to bomb a poor country with us.
True, I expect Blair would be there, tongue out, waiting for you guys.. I seem to remember someone kicking up a fuss about Limey, and was just wondering if there was something really malicious behind it.. But obviously not
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Langeveldt said:
True, I expect Blair would be there, tongue out, waiting for you guys.. I seem to remember someone kicking up a fuss about Limey, and was just wondering if there was something really malicious behind it.. But obviously not
Nah, thats like being offended by being called a 'Yank.' It depends on a specific insult, to see if its actually offensive.
 

silentstriker

The Wheel is Forever
Langeveldt said:
Where does Yank come from?

Really used for people from northern US states. Comes from the song 'yankee doodle'. The British tried to use it as a form of insult during the 1770's during our war of independance, but it kind of became our own.
 

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