[Allan125]

yes Ruy - like so many terms in use in the UK it originated in India because of the large amount of UK forces posted there over the centuries. In a similar fashion, Doolally is old English slang for someone that has gone mad … coming from the days of the Raj when India was a British colony and many Brits who cracked up under the stresses and strains of life in India, were packed off to one of the many psychiatric hospitals in a town there called Deolali (pronounced by the Tommies as Doolally). Back in England the name became linked with madness and from that the phrase of 'going doolally' meant to become insane!!! Rather like in WW1 the Tommies couldn't get their tongues around Belgian towns etc. and used to call Ypres - Wipers, and Ploegsteert became Plugstreet. cheers - Allan