01-02-2004, 08:30 AM
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Southern Belleified
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 2,316
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Quote:
Originally posted by Oldfart
Grumble,
I don't know about the rest, but trench mouth is a WW1
origin expression, I have been told, about Vitamin C deficiency
and the diet of salt beef and porridge and hard tack
caused oral ulcers, gum disease and lost teeth.
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Scurvy. The crews of ships would eat limes, so as not to get it. That is why British sailors were called limeys.
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