Re: To chop or not to chop?
Of course Roundheads were so named (as an insult by the Royalists) because the first recruits to Parliament's side were mostly apprentices in London, with their close cropped hair. Not because the cavalry worn a round tin hat.Originally Posted by English assassin
Its "Cavaliers" in the UK, and "Roundheads" for those that had the snip.
A cavalier yesterday: http://gallery.euroweb.hu/html/h/hal.../16nolaug.html and his roundhead opponent: http://www.lichfield.gov.uk/heritage.../roundhead.jpg
Observe the headgear...
"Put 'em in blue coats, put 'em in red coats, the bastards will run all the same!"
"The English are a strange people....They came here in the morning, looked at the wall, walked over it, killed the garrison and returned to breakfast. What can withstand them?"
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