From: Bobby Joe Pendleton (bjpendleton@charter.net)
Date: Sat Mar 06 2004 - 14:37:20 PST
Scurvy became prevalent when sailors began to spend months at sea without
fresh vegetables, and in such cases it was usually fatal. In 1795, lime
juice was issued to all British naval vessels on the recommendation of the
Scottish physician James Lind, who knew that the Dutch had employed citrus
fruits for several hundred years; scurvy soon began to disappear among
British seamen. Oranges and lemons, higher in vitamin C content than limes,
have supplanted limes as antiscorbutic agents.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Martin" <mung@in-touch.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2004 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] [MVlist] Military quiz question- Centurion tyre pump
> No offense to anyone...wonder where the "bloody limey" thing came from?
> Fred Martin
>
> Geno wrote:
> > Yankee..
> > Did not see an explanation of that one.??????
> > Was the term given to "New Englanders"....
> > Like .."a Yankee Clipper".. A New England Ship...New England men were
called
> > "Yankees"..Not Yanks.
> > WW1 I believe is where the Americans in general got the nickname
Yanks....
> > Blimy......
> > Gene
> >
> >
> >
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