Firstly you wouldn't get any lime anyway, and secondly nobody would know what on earth you are talking about. If they reacted at all, they would look at you as if you have a mental problem and make a note to avoid talking to nutters.
There might just be lemon if you're lucky. You might get a slice of that to squeeze over your fish in a pub, but certainly not in a chippie. You're most likely to find sachets of vinegar and sauce tartare available. Though I have a continental taste and prefer my chips with mayonnaise.
No, most wouldn't understand what you were on about.
The word Limey is and American pronunciation of the word B'limey which is a Cockney slang expression of the phrase, O god stand by me and It's used to express surprise.
Somehow the Americans have confused the expression and seem to think that the expression is used to express a native Brit, it's not.
However if you went into a pub and called someone a Pome-bastard, that might just rial the natives enough to make them do something about it.
Pome, an Australian/New Zealand expression use by them to express a native of Britain and it's used as a diminutive. Pome meaning, Prisoner of mother England.
Colonial troops used the word to goad Britisn troop on in the North Africa desert during ww2, shouting "come on you Pome-bastards"
I doubt it.
The term limey doesn't seem to get used much over here any more, though Americans are sometimes referred to Yanks.
I suspect that the majority of people who used to use the term "limey" (at least to refer to British people) or know of its origin, are now dead.
I wouldn't take offence anyhow, and if someone did, I think a simple explanation would clear matters up.
You won't get lime with fish and chips. Maybe a piece of lemon if you're lucky. But not lime.
It was never an offensive term and in any case the British are not that easily offended. We have more pride and confidence in who we are to be offended by something so silly.
The most likely reaction would be to think you were an idiot for putting lime juice on fish and chips!
Lime on fish & chips????
It sounds like a very posh pub. You would normally have vinegar with Fish & chips or tartare sauce if you are up-market (although I like ketchup).
No it wouldn't cause offence. We are not thin skinned.
Nobody in the UK puts lime on fish and chips lemon juice maybe
Limey comes from how the British navy used limes on long voyages to stave off scurvy.
I suspect that most here people under around 40 would not know that the term was once used as American slang for the British. I have seen it in some old books and films but have never heard it being used in reality.
Most people in the UK would have no idea what it means and l have not heard an
American use that word for a long term
