# Is 'limey' a slur?

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**Created:** [October 11, 2012, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-limey-a-slur/637394 "2012-10-11T05:38:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![nomdenet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4af34b/32.png) [@nomdenet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nomdenet)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-limey-a-slur/637394/41 "2012-10-13T18:02:10Z")

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I don’t mind being called a “limey”, if you don’t mind me picturing you as Grandpa Simpson, because that’s how archaic it sounds.

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