[dljordan]

My father said just call them Limeys. That was WWII.

[redcatcherb412]

My father said just call them Limeys. That was WWII.

In Vietnam the 1st RAR bunch we co-patrolled with we called "Diggers".

[oldvirginian]

The Australian troops have been called Diggers since WW1. A name they take great pride in.

The Limeys were the Brits who got that name from the naval tradition of carrying limes aboard ship to help stop scurvy, a vitamin C deficiency that plagued sailors in the days of sails.

[apostoli]

Nowadays, call’em POME’s.

Prisoners of Mother England