This is what all my friends and I called winter hats growing up. Now not only do people look at me strangely when I say I'm going to put a toboggan on my head, its not even in the dictionary.
2006-10-23 13:47:22 · 12 answers · asked by sjbchapman 2 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
That's hilarious how people think its a regional thing ... from the answers it sounds like its all over except maybe the west ... I grew up in Chicago and that's what we all called our winter hats!
2006-10-25 06:29:35 · update #1
A toboggan is also called a Tuque. It is southern american english. Actually it's French-Canadian. During the 1837 Patriotes Rebellion a red Tuque (Toboggan) became a symbol of French-Canadian nationalism.
2006-10-23 13:51:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toboggan Hat
2016-09-28 21:33:05 · answer #2 · answered by geddings 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's what I used to call winter hats, specifically the wool and knit pull on hats. I found out when I moved from NJ to VA that it's mainly a term used in the North East. The rest of the US uses toboggan for sledding.
2006-10-23 14:06:21 · answer #3 · answered by welches_grape_jelly 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I m from WV & I have a friend from Long Island NY, she s 90, I told her I crocheted toboggans, she said How do you do that & how would you ride on it. I said toboggan hats, she said Oh I ve never heard of a hat as a toboggan, I thought you were talking about a sled.
2016-05-04 06:59:06 · answer #4 · answered by Muffin 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've never heard of a toboggan hat. Where I live a toboggan is a sled. ♥
2006-10-23 15:16:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's more common in the American south to call a knit hat a toboggan.
2014-01-09 13:48:39 · answer #6 · answered by Lee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I grew up calling knit caps a toboggan. I was talking to a friend of mine about knit caps and I called it a toboggan. She ask me how can you ware a sled on your head? We had a great laugh
2016-01-20 09:13:13 · answer #7 · answered by Louise 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have experienced the same thing. We called knit caps toboggans too. I thought it might be a regional thing. I moved to Michigan and no one uses that word.
2006-10-23 13:50:57 · answer #8 · answered by coppersmith 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes i have heard of it and there are still lots of people in europe that still call it a toboggan.
2006-10-24 01:38:36 · answer #9 · answered by gypsy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toboggan cap, watch cap, tuque-- I grew up hearing them all. It is predominantly a northern term.
2006-10-23 14:02:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋