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The real origin of words like Limey and others

CarolCarol
edited September 2007 in - Reading

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  • CarolCarol
    From the books section of the online Times, an interesting piece about word origins, many of these seem to be poking fun at the English.

    http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article2406109.ece
  • Island GirlIsland Girl
    Most of it did seem that way, Carol.
  • CarolCarol
    At least when we keep losing the Eurovision Song Contest, and the Dance Contest, we can claim that it is just following on from this tradition of 'Limey bashing'.
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