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Limey isn't racist. Its not derogatory. As seen here:
SOURCE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk%3ALimey
racist term?
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'.
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.
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?
You can also see it in the image in this BBC article. So I can't imagine it's regarded as too offensive.
The term "limey" isn't racist at all. It is, as the current (April 2010) version of the article states, somewhat pejorative. As Gazh said wayback, it's about like Yank (or Yankee) for which there is also a wiki article.
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