AS I was picking our crop of limes I started to think about a term that seems to have gone out of fashion but something my dad was called – a Limey – by his peers in the military here in Australia when we emigrated.
I did a bit of research and was fascinated to find out that it was originally used by American sailors to refer to British sailors in an insulting way. Not sure how they found the drinking of lime juice to stave off scurvy was something to mock – but then some modern day Americans mock at people taking measures to protect themselves from COVID. What can you say?