Ged Maheux2d ago

I’ve just learned that apparently some Canadians call their winter hats “toboggans”. That’s crazy talk. Toboggans are the *thing multiple people slide down snow-covered hills in*. They are NOT sleds. Sleds have a single rider and have metal runners.

1 - Toboggan
2 - Sled
3 - Flying saucer

Show threadMark Shane Hayden
@gedeonm you have been misinformed. I am a lifelong Canadian born to lifelong Canadians and none of us at all have ever heard of toques being called toboggans by Canadians before.
Mar 28 at 8:30pmWeb
Show threadGed Maheux2d ago

@msh I’M CANADIAN! 😅 My entire father’s side is French Canadian and I’ve also never heard of anyone calling a hat a toboggan until today.

Apparently some do however, maybe they moved there from the southern United States where apparently it was adopted the name for a knit winter hat.

I’m stupified by all of this, truly.