03-01-2019, 03:09 PM
Apparently Benny also refers to people on the Falkland Islands
Benny (Plural: Bennies)
A nickname given to people living on the Falkland Islands. During the Falklands War, British troops noticed the similarities of many of the Falklands Islanders, to a character from a British soap opera, ('Crossroads'). In this soap opera, Benny was a simple (mentally challenged) odd job man, known for wearing old knitted jumpers and a woolly bobble hat. Military top brass stopped the soldiers calling the Islanders Bennies, so the soldiers started calling the Islanders 'Stills' (meaning, 'still Bennies'). The Falkland islands is still a major outpost for the British Military (mainly Navy) and the Islanders are still referred to as 'Bennies' and 'Stills'
Benny (Plural: Bennies)
A nickname given to people living on the Falkland Islands. During the Falklands War, British troops noticed the similarities of many of the Falklands Islanders, to a character from a British soap opera, ('Crossroads'). In this soap opera, Benny was a simple (mentally challenged) odd job man, known for wearing old knitted jumpers and a woolly bobble hat. Military top brass stopped the soldiers calling the Islanders Bennies, so the soldiers started calling the Islanders 'Stills' (meaning, 'still Bennies'). The Falkland islands is still a major outpost for the British Military (mainly Navy) and the Islanders are still referred to as 'Bennies' and 'Stills'