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So do you get any sense of direct connection, Dgeigh? Specifically, is the hat reference an elided form, along the lines of "a good hat when using my toboggan" > "toboggan hat" > "... hat" > "hat"?
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Inselpeter: <<no hills worth the mention>>
Huh?
capfka: Yeah, huh? What about Guadalupe Peak? It's over 7,000 feet ...
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I’m sorry Maverick, without trying to be evasive, we get so little snow here to have the two terms used frequently enough for me to get a sense of any connection. In, fact, now that I think about it, the only time I recall hearing the two terms generally used in wintertime conversation (or any conversation, for that matter) was in 1978 – the very last time we had enough ice on the road to sled down one of the steeper hills in the city.
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Dr. Bill shared a story with me that nicely illustrated the differences between a toboggan and a sled. As I mentioned to him in my reply, the differences between the two dawned on me only after I made my earlier post above. Living in Texas as long as I have, I’ve never really had the occasion to think about it: not a lot of snow, usually more ice. After I did think about it though, I realized that when I heard the word ‘toboggan’ used to mean a winter vehicle, it was applied to a sled!
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