D train 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Read on another thread about touques really being beanies but have to set the record straight- a winter hat often made of wool is a touque. How do I know? cuz thats what us Canadians call it- and we are the ones who get shat on for months and months of cold... hence we are the more experienced and knowledgeable about the subject- I mean if a Canadian was to say a surfboard was actually called a widgey- biscuit- what validity is there in that? Its not our call- but snow we know... therefore a wooly winter hat is a toque. I mean whatever a Kentucky boy wants to call incest with his momma should be the gold standard too, right? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Alright D Train. Good on you man. Help support a fellow Toque wearing Canuck. I love the Toque. And now as a fellow Canadian you should be listin g off the virtues of FUBAR. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Actually Toque, you spelled it wrong too if MW is anything to go by. Apparently it's 'tuque'. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 No Ocean I know I spelt it right. My spelling is usually really bad but I know that this one is correct. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 From Merriam Webster; Main Entry: toque Pronunciation: 'tOk Function: noun Etymology: Middle French, soft hat with a narrow brim worn especially in the 16th century, from Old Spanish toca headdress Date: 1505 1 : a woman's small hat without a brim made in any of various soft close-fitting shapes 2 : TUQUE 3 : a tall brimless hat worn by a chef -- called also toque blanche vs. Main Entry: tuque Pronunciation: 'tük, 'tyük Function: noun Etymology: Canadian French, from French toque -- more at TOQUE Date: 1871 : a warm knitted usually pointed stocking cap ---------- Room for doubt perhaps? Especially if you pronounce it to rhyme with 'spook'... Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 We Canadains reserve the right to spell it wrong cause we are part french anyways. Its a toque because its a toque eh. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 I shall be meeting a Quebequoise this weekend, and I will ask her what she thinks of all this. Certainly spelling it 'toque' and pronouncing it 'took' is a case of trying to have your cake and eat it. I could smell ignorance in action which is why I looked it up. Anyways, it's called a 'tea cosy' where I come from. Link to post Share on other sites
I_HATE_CHEESE 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Toque Took? whatever they are beanies where I come from, in fact when I was a wee fella we called them "woolly hats". A spade is manually operated excavatory device by another name. Just like a beanie is a toque. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 And you know tea cosies right. pinky out when you drink. And its not pronounced took. 2うck Link to post Share on other sites
SerreChe 2 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Being a native speaker if we go back to the french root it should be a Toque. The pronounciation/spelling probably changed over time. If spelt Toque should clearly not be pronounced like took if you want to be true to the origin. This being said every language has the tendency to "customize" their own words. Keeping in mind that Quebec is very often more purist than the french in their protection of the french language, I would think that they would have used Toque and kept it that way. If I understand what a beanie is, then I guess the french would call it a "bonnet". Link to post Share on other sites
gammaman 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 Might really be pushing the boat out here, but surely it`s just a hat????? Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 4, 2003 Share Posted December 4, 2003 No its Canadain. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Fattwins consistently misspelling the adjectival form of his country there. Is that a new customization too perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 All this over a Toque. This is the way we spell it. That is it. That is all. You shouldn't need a reason but just be happy because that is the way it is. Link to post Share on other sites
Fattwins 0 Posted December 5, 2003 Share Posted December 5, 2003 Canadian christ ive got to get the damm spell checker working again but its still a toque. " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> spelling " title="" src="graemlins/cry.gif" /> Link to post Share on other sites
LARD 0 Posted December 7, 2003 Share Posted December 7, 2003 Whats a toque? Link to post Share on other sites
Dims 0 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 Toque smook! It's a BEANIE! Keeps your bean warm. Don't care what you say, call it a toque and you sound like a ****er. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted December 9, 2003 Share Posted December 9, 2003 If you're a Canadian, you should say it 'took' and spell it 'tuque'. A 'toque' is what a chef de cuisine wears. Thread Closed. Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 17, 2004 Share Posted July 17, 2004 There is no way Ocean should be able to get the last word on this. And so just because I'm bored and have a few hours before I can go home I have brought up this thread to show Slaphead. Also it's my birthday so humour me. Dimms - Look to first post for reasons why we call Toques toques and why we can and then why we don't call surfboards widgey-biscuits Link to post Share on other sites
Siem Reeves 0 Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 a woolley hat Link to post Share on other sites
Plucky 0 Posted July 18, 2004 Share Posted July 18, 2004 I like to call it a muffy wuzzy. Yeah, my friends in the states slap me for that. Ummm, colloquialism??? Hello? anyone home? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted July 23, 2004 Share Posted July 23, 2004 A woolly hat, for sure. Or a bob. Happy belated birthday. Was it fun? Link to post Share on other sites
mattlucas 0 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 I did have a good time. Met some ladies. Sang Kareoke horribly. Did my usual sketchy thing in front of said ladies and generally had a good time. Tried to see some Romanian Hostesses but they were closing shop. All in all a normal night on the town in Takayama. Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted July 24, 2004 Share Posted July 24, 2004 >> my usual sketchy thing in front of said ladies Sounds interesting. Link to post Share on other sites
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