Very interesting! I was driving a few executive producers around and the sniffles in the air made me mention that they needed toboggans. They all stopped and said that's a sled, why do we need that?
ALL of my life that's what myself and everyone else that l know have called knitted hats and we call a sled a sled!! My husband and I are from different counties in Southwest Virginia.
Both of us have always called a knit hat a toboggan. We just recently found out that people in Hilton Head, South Carolina are not familiar with the term. I got online to begin my research to prove them wrong and was delighted to find it had already been done lol. Thank you! In Wisconsin we call them stocking caps. I live in western New York, but have lived all over. I had never heard a knit hat called a toboggan until a recent visit to Virginia.
We've always called them "stocking hats". I am from East Texas and I've always called a winter hat a toboggan. I was a teenager before I even knew a toboggan was a sled, LOL. Of course, we don't do a lot of sledding in Tx.
My husband is from OH and thought I was crazy the first time he heard me say that I was looking for my toboggan before I went outside. He called winter hats beanies. Ronald mentioned that it was originally called a "toboggan hat" because you wore it while sledding. That makes the most sense! Let me clarify for you We are not stupid or confused.
As you can see from the comments there are many many people who are familiar with what I'm talking about. I've been a Virginian my entire life and I've honestly never heard before yesterday that there are people in the world who think a toboggan is something you wear. Thank you for all your comments. It's nice to see that we all have similar circumstances where people around us refer to it differently. I was curious and googled it. I'm from NWA and have always called a knit cap a toboggan never knew it by any other name.
Beanie is a fairly new term I believe and one all my sons grew up with. When I say toboggan I get a funny look even from my family. I am from Cleveland, and my husband from Kentucky. We have argued this for years. I told him 28 years ago that I will continue to teach our children that a tobaggan is a sled because I never wanted them to be made fun of when they traveled the world their entire life.
We always called knit hats toboggans growing up in KY , but we also knew sleds were called toboggans as well.. We just didn't refer to the sleds as toboggans that often Those cheap plastic sleds we had were just called sleds.
Odd that they didn't know. In Ohio all my life and we've always called the hats toboggans. My boyfriend has been making fun of me about me believing my knit hat wasn't a toboggan. Thankyou for this!!! Now I can prove him wrong!!! I'm from southeastern ohio. Everyone always called it a toboggan. Made friends from Cleveland in college and they had never heard a hat being called that.
Born in '81, from Oklahoma. My mother taught it to me as toboggan. I've received funny glances for it, but not from this state, lol. Maybe in OKC. I can understand why people might laugh at it, but I personally laugh at it when people call it a beanie. Learn what a beanie really is, while you're on this path as well.
Really appreciate all of the comments from around the state of people having similar discussions. My wife and I had this same conversation when we first started dating in I'm from upstate NY and she's from Ok. My sister's and I had a good laugh. I am from Cullman, Alabama and there are a few word usages on which my husband and I disagree.
Toboggan is one of the main culprits. I have about 20 toboggans in my closet. He thinks I have too many knitted caps. I'll say I'm fixin' to do something and he rolls his eyes. I have been known to tump my 4x4 over.
Hubby insists that tump is not a word as he's pulling the 4x4 out with his truck. I've been known to get ill with someone and I'm angry, not sick. I think the dialect likewise has an unusual convergence. Now in NE IN though. Regional usage seems to have originated with mine-carts. Q: Do you want a Coke?
A: Yes. Q: What kind? A: Coke. Ohio Lifer is right about this. If you ask for a Kleenex or a tissue, what you get is essentially one thing. Likewise with a soda. Reminds me of people who always refer to vehicles by their model-names. I think of a broom though, or the person using it, or maybe street-sweeper.
Thank you for your explanation of a knit hat being called a toboggan. I live in the U. Have never heard of such a thing. I'm reading a book and trying to imagine a hat in the shape of a sled. I came to your site because a friend of mine from Texas and I were shopping a couple of weeks ago and he said he was looking for a toboggan. I looked at him like he had two heads because of course, we are in Texas, it's March and there is no earthly place to use it except as decoration.
He explained to me that a toboggan was a hat - wool in type. I thought me meant beret I thought it was funny that I'd never heard of that use. I was interested to find out the origin of that word for those who use it. It wasn't until we were going through a check out line that a cashier spoke up about toboggans being a hat since we were discussing it at the time.
I was just glad to know I was NOT the only one and now seeing it online I have spent my entire life calling the winter hats toboggans also. So, you aren't alone. You're part of a large group now. Snowmobiles are more than likely called sleds because snowmobilers began describing themselves as sledders in the s. Avoid hills that end near ponds, trees, fences, or other hazards. Make sure the hill does not have bumps, rocks, poles, or trees in the sledding path.
It is best to sled during the day. The two winter hats are almost the same thing and in some quarters are used interchangeably. However, that does not mean there are no differences between the two. While beanie is the universal name for winter hats made from a plethora of materials, toboggan specifically refers to knitted winter hats.
Of course, there is a convergence of the two in that knitted winter hats are also beanies but there is no way that a beanie can be a toboggan hat. Whether you call it a beanie or toboggan, it may have a lot to do with where you come from. But from us, we have shown you where the cutline is between the two. Beanies are the bigger group, while toboggans are a subset of the former.
As you wear your winter hats, now you know what you are wearing. Do you want to stay posted on headwear fashion information? Keep it on this site and you will be the first to know. Subscribe Toggle navigation. Plastic container. Laundry basket. Spare shelving. Cat litter box. The cloth-covered button on the crown is about the size of a bean seed and may be the origin of the term " beanie ".
According to the Oxford Dictionary, the etymology is uncertain, but probably derives from the slang term "bean", meaning "head". A side cap is a military cap that can be folded flat when not being worn. It is also known as a garrison cap or flight cap in the United States, wedge cap in Canada, or field service cap in the United Kingdom. In form the side cap is comparable to the glengarry, a folding version of the Scottish military bonnet.
Other names for knitted caps include: woolly hat British English , wool hat American English , sock hat, knit hat, poof ball hat, bonnet, sock cap, stocking cap, tossel cap, skullcap, ski hat, burglar beanie , watch cap American English , snookie, sugan, or chook. The reason, the source stated, was to protect the top of the wearer's head when trying to stand in cramped quarters.
Nova Scotia, Canada born and raised. The hat is definitely a toque, but a toboggan refers to a specific type of sled.
A toboggan is a long flat sled made of wood, with a front that curls up and in on itself. A beanie is a small, round, brimless hat. Traditionally, a beanie was a flat, close-fitting hat without a brim, sometimes also called a skullcap.
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