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<<no hills worth the mention>>
Huh?
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How about input from the lone Maple Leaf country...
What O.T. said applies here too for toboggans and sleds.
BUT, this Canadian heard the word Toboggan used to describe a toque (pronounced toock with the oo sounded as in food and the ew in screw) in New Orleans a few weeks ago. A toque is a knit cap, it can have ear flaps, but it isn't a full face thing.
I was at a golf club about to play a game but it was freezing cold so I went in to see if they had anything in the pro shop to help...
Me: "Hi, do you have any toques"
She: Utterly blank look.
Me: You know, to cover my head - it's cold outside.
She: "Well, we do have toboggans."
Me: "What, like a sled?" "There's no snow."
She: "No, to cover your head."
Me (realizing there is evidently some linguistic kerfuffle happening): "Can you show me."
And there it was, a perfectly good toque.
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hah! That's great, bel.
> no hills
prezackerly ;)
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Claiming Chicago vocab here: a toboggan is but the flat sled(ge) as described by ledasdottir. Din't never hear it used fer no cap.
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and no doubt, Mav (and DARE) is trying to find the north south line where a ski cap becomes a toboggan.
so were is Juan,--south jersey? or WW or Jackie, and BobYoung. (baltimore) do we have any other mid land states contributors? (since bel has established, in N'orliens, its a toboggan,) and the north east (as far in a Michigan) its a ski cap (until you cross the boarder, and it becomes a toque.)
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The word isn't actually used here very much, there never (SIGH) being much need for either. But overall, I'd say the first thing most people would think of would be the sled def.; that type of hat is generally referred to as a knit hat. That's the way they're often advertised in stores. Though the ones I put in my great-nephews' spy kits were called watch caps.
P.S.--the first thing I think of when I see DARE is Drug Abuse Resistance Education. Made me wonder!
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> the first thing I think of when I see...
UK is University of Kaintuckeah ;)
We've had hailstones and a dusting of snow tonight, J - want I should send some over?!
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You and Anna both can send me all the snow you want to. A dusting is all we have. [utter disgust e]
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i have about 3 inches of snow*--not the dire 6 to 12 inches they threatened all day.. and no thunder or lightning.. nor much in the way of heavy winds..
but they said the worst would be about now. (midnight) and there isn't much to speak of.. i might rue my words in the morning, but for now, its not bad.
*a nor'easter has been a snow storm since the ohio valley, and moving up the coast, it should be over Wow in a few hours. (having moved north and east, from jackie, to WW, to BobYoung, to Juan, to my neighborhood, and it will continue up the coast.. (i don't know how far inland the snow is.. faldage & company might be on the inside edge, and be getting more snow, (or less) ...
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Lone Star state
Few hills and even less snow -- nevertheless, I've heard both definitions 'round here: sled and headwear.
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