[Mgs] Ultimate "top down" cap?

[Barrie Robinson]

Sorry, but toque refers to a whole plethora of woolen hats as it has 
been bandied around for many centuries.  The Navy probably never 
bothered to find the right name and "stocking caps" may have sounded 
sexy.  So Stocking Caps are still toques (or tuques in Canada)



At 05:19 PM 6/27/2010, Phil Bacon wrote:
>C'mon guys.......those caps shown in the link are not beanies or tocques!
>They're Stocking Caps
>   I was issured one when I was in the Navy, 50 years ago.  Mine was wool, fit
>tightly and itched like hell!
>   And no, they won't come off during top down driving.
>
>Phil Bacon  67 MGBGT
>
>---------- Original Message ----------
>From: Charley Robinson <charleyrob at gmail.com>
>To: Undisclosed-recipients:;
>Cc: MG List <mgs at autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: [Mgs] Ultimate "top down" cap?
>Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:16:07 -0400
>
>The confusion continues:
>
>here's the dictionary definition of a toque:
>
>a woman's small hat, typically having a narrow, closely turned-up brim.
>historical a small cap or bonnet of such a type worn by a man or woman.
>a tall white hat with a full pouched crown, worn by chefs.
>ORIGIN early 16th cent.: from French,
>Charley Robinson
>
>On Jun 27, 2010, at 1:37 PM, Barrie Robinson wrote:
>
> > Gentlemen,
> >
> > There is confusion here!  A toque is what those three gentlemen were
>wearing
>and in no way are such things furnished with a propeller.  Propellers are
>found on beanies not toques.   However, due to our present day inability to
>spell or be dictionaryly (ouff!)  correct, the term beanie has been applied
>to
>the toque.   But examine the structure of each piece of head gear and you
>will
>see they are very different.
> >
> >
> >
> > At 11:18 PM 6/26/2010, Eric Erickson wrote:
> >> On 27/06/2010, at 12:35 PM, Shop at Just Brits wrote:
> >>
> >> > << ...A BEANIE! Never comes off. >>
> >> >
> >> > Well Eric, somebody has gotta ask <smirk>:
> >> >
> >> > With or without a propeller ???  Colour of said prop ???
> >> >
> >>
> >> I am not sure how you put a propeller on one of these  :-)
> >>
> >>
> >> http://www.mgccsa.org.au/Photos-%20Regalia%20Large/MGCC-Reg-beanie.lge.jpg
> >>
> >>
> >> me
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