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Title: Names for winter head covering!!
Post by: Dome of Steele on January 05, 2010, 04:02:56 PM
Everyone seems to call it something different.  My mom called it a toboggan, I called it a beanie or just a winter cap. 

I am curious as to whether it's regional, generational or just something different people simply have different names for. 

What do you call it, and why?
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Post by: The Noggin on January 05, 2010, 04:09:45 PM
I call it a Strickmütze (knitted cap) because it is one.
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Post by: sq on January 05, 2010, 04:31:04 PM
Canadian term is toque - I shouldn't speak for my eastern countrymen, maybe they have a different term

Beannie has become very common in the last few years

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Post by: hawkeye on January 05, 2010, 04:40:23 PM
I always called it a Cap.  Hat or Knit Hat.  I'm from Eastern PA, and moved to Central PA.  They have a lot of Pennsylvania Dutch influence and they have different names for things and ways of talking.  It's really interesting to me how diverse language can be. 

Rich
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Post by: Paul on January 05, 2010, 04:43:58 PM
Heard it called a stocking cap, watch cap, and  just plain old knit cap here in Northern Illinois
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Post by: Mikekoz13 on January 05, 2010, 05:31:06 PM
Beanie and skully or skull cap here in south central Pa..
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Post by: TheSlyBear on January 05, 2010, 05:31:54 PM
Watch cap
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Post by: hammerdrill376 on January 05, 2010, 05:58:04 PM
I've always heard it called a tobaggan here in the south...right now I call it....ANYTHING to keep my frigging head warm!!!! Man..and I thought I lived in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina!
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Post by: jrppsuobx on January 05, 2010, 06:02:13 PM
So its a little chilly in the south!!!
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on January 05, 2010, 06:47:55 PM
So its a little chilly in the south!!!
Thanks for reminding us, it's going to be colder than it has for more than 10-15 years.  Global warming-- :/O :/O :/O
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Post by: warhawk on January 06, 2010, 10:32:06 AM
we call it..."beanie" here in beautiful pensacola.  i wore my beanie  early this morning when it was 29 degrees F. (*!@ (*!@ (*!@

WARHAWK O0
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Post by: mangosink12572 on January 06, 2010, 01:10:30 PM
just a  KNITTED HAT or I wear my  BASEBALL CAP sometimes - - - -I hate to wear a hat because I love to show off my shiny dome  - - - - - - I am north of NYC 100 miles
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Post by: D.A.L.U.I. on January 06, 2010, 01:35:59 PM
we call it..."beanie" here in beautiful pensacola.  i wore my beanie  early this morning when it was 29 degrees F. (*!@ (*!@ (*!@

WARHAWK O0

You're  colder than we got and you're on the water.  Hope you didn't get any frozen pipes.  They're saying it could be 18 in the City this weekend.  That could take a toll on the citrus in the yard and the landscaping generally.  This is the coldest weather we've had in something like 15 years!  I dread my utility bill--the heat is running constantly, almost like a/c in the summer.
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Post by: wpruitt on January 06, 2010, 08:11:21 PM
So its a little chilly in the south!!!
Global Warming my _______.  Isn't there a Nobel Prize that should be revoked ?!?!
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Post by: Mike on January 06, 2010, 09:51:18 PM
Well there are different terms for different styles. The old fashioned ones like grandma made are stocking caps or knit caps. The normal ones are beanies. Then skullys are 2 different things depending on who you talk to, one is the beanie with no brim and the other is a spandex style that is super warm.
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Post by: Sean25 on January 07, 2010, 12:23:32 AM
Just a hat or winter hat here.. never really heard anything else
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Post by: tomgallagher on January 07, 2010, 06:37:20 AM
Isn't there something called a "toque" somewhere.?
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Post by: xnewyawka on January 07, 2010, 12:11:40 PM
Isn't there something called a "toque" somewhere.?

I believe that's what our Canadian brethren call their caps, Tom.
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Post by: tomgallagher on January 07, 2010, 12:16:42 PM
I had a hunch it was Canadian. Maybe French Canadian.
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Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 07, 2010, 01:06:35 PM
Yes sir! It's called a "Touque" here in the great whit north. What's a matter have none of you ever watched Bob and Doug Makenzie?
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Post by: tomgallagher on January 07, 2010, 01:22:02 PM
I'm afraid that I have never had the pleasure Tom,.
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Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 07, 2010, 01:32:44 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgVspgy184 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgVspgy184)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2oPio60mK4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2oPio60mK4)
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Post by: tomgallagher on January 07, 2010, 02:22:02 PM
I guess that is what you call a couple of hosers, eh.?
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Post by: Tom McGarry. on January 07, 2010, 02:48:06 PM
Yes sir!
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Post by: baldaholic on January 10, 2010, 01:13:48 PM
I call it a Strickmütze (knitted cap) because it is one.

Ditto
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Post by: Alexander215 on January 10, 2010, 04:06:05 PM
So its a little chilly in the south!!!
Global Warming my _______.  Isn't there a Nobel Prize that should be revoked ?!?!

Hotter summers and cooler winters.

Be prepared, brother.

Any of you guys need some lessons in winter driving, come up my way  :*))
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Post by: SlyHigh on January 12, 2010, 07:17:02 AM
When I lived in Louisiana everyone called it a sock hat.

I usually say beanie or sock hat.  When I was younger people called it a tobaggen.  That sounds too old fashioned for me now, though.