What do you call winter hats?

[Staggerlee]

A toboggan is a sled, not a hat. Winter hats are toques.

I am aware that the term toboggan is for sleds but it is also used by some to refer to winter hats. And for what it's worth I've NEVER heard the term toque before.

 

[CanadianCowboysFan]

I had never heard nor seen toboggan meaning hat until today.

Toque is also spelled tuque. Canadian word for wool hat.

 

[Jenky]

I am from southeastern Ohio and we call them toboggans but since I moved to Columbus everyone thinks I'm weird for calling them that. Around here they just call them hats or sometimes beanies. What do you call them and have you ever heard them called toboggans?

My father who's from Pennsylvania calls them that. His family does too. I personally call them thermal tops and I won't refer to them as beanies because I see beanies as more of a fashion thing worn year round.

 

[Eskimo]

As all the other Canadians in this thread have intimated, we call them "toques" up here.

I had never heard winter hats referred to as toboggans before. I've also never heard that reference in American TV/movies before - even ones set in the winter. Learn something new everyday.

 

[Jenky]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toboggan_(hat)

A tuque (Canadian English: /tuːk/, also spelled toque but still pronounced tuque), knit cap (American English), or beanie (UK English), also variously known as a knit hat, toboggan, burglar beanie or stocking cap among other names – is a knitted cap, originally of wool though now often of synthetic fibers, that is designed to provide warmth in winter. Most tuques are tapered; they sometimes have ear flaps, and may be topped with a pom-pom (this style of tuque is sometimes referred to as a bobble hat, boggan or sherpa). Tuques may have a folded brim, or none, and may be worn tightly fitting the head or loose on top although the latter is considered more standard.

 

[justbob]

After 5 pages it appears we are all right

 

[CF74]

Sombrero....

 

[Vtwin]

After 5 pages it appears we are all right

Well Kinda..

If you came up here and walked into Dick's Sporting Goods and asked where the toboggans are they would send you to the sled section every time.

Now what is a can of cola called?

A sandwich on a long bun?

The soft-serve ice cream in a cone?

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etc

 

[justbob]

Well Kinda..

If you came up here and walked into Dick's Sporting Goods and asked where the toboggans are they would send you to the sled section every time.

Now what is a can of cola called?

A sandwich on a long bun?

The soft-serve ice cream in a cone?

etc
etc
etc

Its all relative

Or maybe its really Not

 

[YosemiteSam]

After 5 pages it appears we are all right

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[Yeagermeister]

Well Kinda..

If you came up here and walked into Dick's Sporting Goods and asked where the toboggans are they would send you to the sled section every time.

Now what is a can of cola called?

A sandwich on a long bun?

The soft-serve ice cream in a cone?

etc
etc
etc

A coke

A sammich

An ice cream cone

 

[justbob]

A coke

A sammich

An ice cream cone

They make sammich on long bread

 

[Vtwin]

A coke

A sammich

An ice cream cone

Or is it a pop or a soda?

Or is it a sub a hoagie or a grinder?

Or is it a creemee or a soft serve?