I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”.
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@gedeonm "Tobogganing" is also pengus sliding on their bellies!
@forst Hee yes which make sense. It’s not a name for a winter hat.
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I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”. That’s crazy talk. Toboggans are the *thing multiple people slide down snow-covered hills in*. They are NOT sleds. Sleds have a single rider and have metal runners.
1 - Toboggan
2 - Sled
3 - Flying saucer
@gedeonm I’m a US southerner born in 1973 and as a kid “toboggan” was the most common word heard around here for a woven winter hat often with a poof ball thing on top.
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I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”. That’s crazy talk. Toboggans are the *thing multiple people slide down snow-covered hills in*. They are NOT sleds. Sleds have a single rider and have metal runners.
1 - Toboggan
2 - Sled
3 - Flying saucer@gedeonm What do you call the super minimal thing that's just an unrollable plastic mat with a handle or two?
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@gedeonm I’ve never heard that. We have toques.
@david Yes! If someone asked me to grab my toboggan I wouldn’t reach for my winter hat. This is just nuts.
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@gedeonm I’m a US southerner born in 1973 and as a kid “toboggan” was the most common word heard around here for a woven winter hat often with a poof ball thing on top.
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@gedeonm I’m a US southerner born in 1973 and as a kid “toboggan” was the most common word heard around here for a woven winter hat often with a poof ball thing on top.
@ashkendo I hate to say it but you were raised wrong then
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@gedeonm What do you call the super minimal thing that's just an unrollable plastic mat with a handle or two?
@jwisser Heh when I was a kid we called them Magic Carpets. They were by FAR my least favorite method for sliding down snow-covered hills.
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@ashkendo I hate to say it but you were raised wrong then
@gedeonm @ashkendo This says the term originated in the Appalachian area of US.
"What is a toboggan? Toboggan is a winter hat and has its origin in the south of the USA. It is not just any other winter hat that is referred to as toboggan; it has to be a knit hat. It is also important to point out that toboggan, to New Englanders and a majority of northern USA, is a wooden sled."
Who Calls A Hat A Toboggan? - Bliss Tulle
In the United States south and midwest, especially Appalachia, it is often called a "toboggan".
Bliss Tulle (blisstulle.com)
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@gedeonm @ashkendo This says the term originated in the Appalachian area of US.
"What is a toboggan? Toboggan is a winter hat and has its origin in the south of the USA. It is not just any other winter hat that is referred to as toboggan; it has to be a knit hat. It is also important to point out that toboggan, to New Englanders and a majority of northern USA, is a wooden sled."
Who Calls A Hat A Toboggan? - Bliss Tulle
In the United States south and midwest, especially Appalachia, it is often called a "toboggan".
Bliss Tulle (blisstulle.com)
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I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”. That’s crazy talk. Toboggans are the *thing multiple people slide down snow-covered hills in*. They are NOT sleds. Sleds have a single rider and have metal runners.
1 - Toboggan
2 - Sled
3 - Flying saucer -
@ashkendo I hate to say it but you were raised wrong then
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@ashkendo I hate to say it but you were raised wrong then
@gedeonm well, then!!! I’m just going to put on my toboggan and ride my sled out of here.
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@gedeonm @ashkendo This goes into more detail. "The word "toboggan," which many associate with a sled, actually dates back to the 1820s as a French-Canadian adaptation of an Algonquian word, possibly Mi'kmaq or Abenaki, that described a type of sled. Over time, especially in the southern U.S. where snow is scarce, the connection between "toboggan" and "sled" faded, leaving "toboggan" to primarily refer to a wool hat."
Anyway, that was an unexpected rabbit hole.
The difference between beanie, toboggan and touque - Knowledge
The difference between beanie, toboggan and touque
(www.sewingman.com)
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I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”. That’s crazy talk. Toboggans are the *thing multiple people slide down snow-covered hills in*. They are NOT sleds. Sleds have a single rider and have metal runners.
1 - Toboggan
2 - Sled
3 - Flying saucer@gedeonm you have been misinformed. I am a lifelong Canadian born to lifelong Canadians and none of us at all have ever heard of toques being called toboggans by Canadians before.
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@gedeonm @ashkendo This goes into more detail. "The word "toboggan," which many associate with a sled, actually dates back to the 1820s as a French-Canadian adaptation of an Algonquian word, possibly Mi'kmaq or Abenaki, that described a type of sled. Over time, especially in the southern U.S. where snow is scarce, the connection between "toboggan" and "sled" faded, leaving "toboggan" to primarily refer to a wool hat."
Anyway, that was an unexpected rabbit hole.
The difference between beanie, toboggan and touque - Knowledge
The difference between beanie, toboggan and touque
(www.sewingman.com)
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I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”. That’s crazy talk. Toboggans are the *thing multiple people slide down snow-covered hills in*. They are NOT sleds. Sleds have a single rider and have metal runners.
1 - Toboggan
2 - Sled
3 - Flying saucerWhat do you consider a “toboggan”?
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@gedeonm well, then!!! I’m just going to put on my toboggan and ride my sled out of here.
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What do you consider a “toboggan”?
@gedeonm I’m voting from my local Canadian embassy as we speak. Going to give them a piece of my mind.
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