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Manitas_at_home	BS: Irish Slang: 'The Germans' (114* d)	RE: BS: Irish Slang: 'The Germans'	24 Aug 13
I don't think anyone would be insulted by the use of the word Tommy. It applied only to British soldiers (not civilians) and started out as an example of how to fill out an army paybook - Tommy Atkins was the example given - as was given wider popularity by Kipling. The other examples you give are certainly used insultingly in Britain as well as affectionately in the case of Yanks.

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