On Wed, 27 Sep 2017 05:42:58 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Bruce wrote:
>>
>> jmcquown wrote:
>> >nb, I do wish you'd stop referring to British posters as "limey's".
>>
>> Does it sound offensive to seppos?
>
>I've got a good friend who grew up in England and he always uses
>that word. It certainly doesn't bother him even though he was a
>limey. Maybe the ones here do take offense though. I don't know.

Pom, kiwi, aussie, seppo are all not offensive, as far as I know.
Seppo's not used much anymore, I think. I hear pom and kiwi all the
time.

>Really nothing offensive meant with the term. British sailors of
>old ate limes to prevent scurvey on long sea voyages. Back then,
>the French were called "frogs" just because their green uniforms
>were about frog color to someone.

I always thought it was because they ate frogs, but you could be
right.