Well I apologise for any offence, it was not intended,( but suggest you avoid career choices involving the City
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Or working with Cockneys. :nod:Well I apologise for any offence, it was not intended,( but suggest you avoid career choices involving the City)
Septics is a relatively polite term as well compared to some![]()
I think it should be self evident from my username that not Brits find the term Limey offensive. I agree on the use of Septic though.
Astrodragon, I just want to say congratulations on creating an excellent timeline. This timeline was the main reason I joined the board so keep up the good work!
Well I apologise for any offence, it was not intended,( but suggest you avoid career choices involving the City)
Or working with Cockneys. :nod:
Or Australians.
Must admit that I personally, find the term Limey, both complementary and ironic. The fact that our former colonial subjects, chose to constantly remind us, that we British had the good sense to insist that our sailors drank lime juice, and thus avoid scurvy. While they didn’t and thus subject their seamen to this deliberating disease, and think this insulting is ironic.(1)
As for the term Yank, I do believe that there are many in the southern states who would be highly insulted to be called this.(2)
Now back to the TL, and resent (3) events. In regards to American shipping, those that call in to both Burma and Singapore will back load with all the strategic materials that they can carry. Not that they will be paying for them, under lend lease, they will be paid for by the British, and supplied as reverse lend lease. No matter what many Americans think, lend lease wasn’t a one-way street, and there was a lot of reciprocation that went on. (4)
My wife would take great offence at being described as a Yankee, and she's from Long Island.The most you might see is a Southron responding to being called a "Yank" by an obvious Australian with the words "I ain't no Yankee! I'm from Alabama!" But that's as far as it would go. In fact, as a New Englander, I and my neighbors take the title of "Yankee" with great pride.![]()
Outside the USA I'd imagine most people familiar with the term "Yanks" would have no idea what a Yankee is, it's not commonly used.My wife would take great offence at being described as a Yankee, and she's from Long Island.
She is a Mets fan though!
My wife would take great offence at being described as a Yankee, and she's from Long Island.
She is a Mets fan though!
Outside the USA I'd imagine most people familiar with the term "Yanks" would have no idea what a Yankee is, it's not commonly used.
Apologies. One too few 'A's there. Then again, I was assuming the IJA are responsible for Japanese airspace. 'To assume is to make an ass out of you and me', as my English teacher used to say. Was Home Island defence IJA, IJN, or a mixture?Nitpick. There was no IJAF. Army and navy air forces.
Outside the USA I'd imagine most people familiar with the term "Yanks" would have no idea what a Yankee is, it's not commonly used.
There's an E.B. White quote...
To foreigners, a Yankee is an American.
To Americans, a Yankee is a Northerner.
To Northerners, a Yankee is an Easterner.
To Easterners, a Yankee is a New Englander.
To New Englanders, a Yankee is a Vermonter.
And in Vermont, a Yankee is somebody who eats pie for breakfast.