Great thread. I note the use of "swaddies" rather than the now more usual "squaddies" in the quote from HH. So is swadddies the original (possibly Indian?) word which drifted into "squaddies" due to a bogus or "folk" etymology?
I note the use of "swaddies" rather than the now more usual "squaddies" in the quote from HH. So is swadddies the original (possibly Indian?) word which drifted into "squaddies" due to a bogus or "folk" etymology?