Why do English people hate being called limeys?

What's wrong with liking limes? Americans like hamburgers, Canadians like poutine, Mexicans like burritos, Irishmen like whiskey, Scotsmen like pizza and Englishmen like limes. What's the big deal?Why do English people hate being called limeys?
It's an offensive and not a nice word to use.



a definiton from wikipedia



Limey is an old American and Canadian slang nickname for the British, originally referring to British sailors. The term is believed to derive from lime juice, referring to the Royal Navy and Merchant Navy practice of supplying lime juice to British sailors to prevent scurvy. The benefits of citrus juice were well known at the time thanks to the acute observations of surgeon James Lind who noticed that the cabbage-eating Dutch had fewer problems with scurvy. Limes replaced lemons due to limes being more readily available from Britain's own Caribbean colonies. Lemon juice was reintroduced after scurvy again became a problem due to lime juice lacking sufficient vitamin C. The term is thought to have originated in the Caribbean in the 1880s
OK were are you from?. No we don't like limes- it's a name of demoralise us as is the name pom.Why do English people hate being called limeys?
Its just taking the piss, go grease up the grill and cook me a steak please m8
call me anything you like just do not call me late for dinner
Go back to your job in McDonalds.
I'm english and I've never heard of it!
Typical Yank! we're dicussing Footie and you wanna talk fruit. Say no more
Most of us don't
I don't mind. I don't much like limes either though.
Because they're all sour lemons