quoting Zontas:

I meant, I believe the reason there are a lot of vowel-initial words is due to the loss of h.

Also, what the hell does that waggon expression mean?

Old saying which means close to the same thing as If it walks like a horse, looks like a horse, and sounds like a horse, it's probably a horse, not an undercover zebra. People oftentimes see exotic features in mundane situations which aren't actually there. This is exactly what you are doing.