Weird Canadian Question

[royalsongstress]

What do Americans call a 'tuque'? I'm pretty sure it's a uniquely Canadian word and as I was fic writing today, I suddenly realized I didn't know what an American would call it. Knit cap? Winter hat?

This would be an excellent time for me to use a due South icon. However, I don't have one. I shall have to rectify this...

Comments

[donutsweeper.livejournal.com]

I can't think of a specific word for it. Knit cap works, but so does winter hat. Sorry for not being much help.

I'd never heard of the term tugue before.

[joyfulfeather.livejournal.com]

That's a ski cap. :) Knit cap would probably work, too, but ski cap is the first thing that comes to mind, and googling that yields very similar pictures.

"Beanie" is also acceptable!

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

In the UK it would be a beanie. The ones with pom poms might get called a bobble hats and the ones with ears would be ski hats.

[quicksilvermad.livejournal.com]

Here in Virginia, we call that a beanie.

[angiepen.livejournal.com]

Knit cap, knit hat. I wouldn't think of "ski cap" but then I've never skied, nor lived anyplace where it snowed in the winter. Context also matters -- I made a couple of those when I was a kid learning to knit, and if you tell someone, "I knitted a hat!" you don't have to add any adjectives. :)

Angie

[cpt-untouchable.livejournal.com]

I grew up (in North Carolina) calling that sort of hat a toboggan. Don't ask me how that came about, but the dictionary says we didn't make it up.