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Interesting question. If I were speaking face to face I'd say nappy. That's what I've heard most of my life. Speaking online I'll generally use diaper as it seems to be the more commonly understood word.
'Diaper' is actually old French. Cloth diapers, circa 1400 or so, were referred to as 'd'Ypres', which was probably a reference to the city where they were first used. 'Diaper' is the Anglicized version of the old French word.HelenWyatt said:Diaper means cloth with patterns American. Nappy means nap of a cloth British we are nappy over here let's use it. We Americanize words for no reason. We are losing over many years our heritage I. E nappies so let's keep nappies and rubbers for this reason.