Talk:Beanie (seamed cap)

Benny vs beanie

I remember when these were called "Benny" hats after the character who wore one all the time in the (predominantly) 1970s soap Crossroads. Is "beanie" a coruption of "benny"? Dainamo 20:41, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

How young did you say you were? ;-) "Beanie" has been around since at least the 1940s (which is before even my time). So it's probably more that "Benny" was a clever pun based on the character Benny wearing a beanie. Elf | Talk 21:03, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Is this article about a cloth cap, like a baseball or cyclist's cap without a brim, or is it about a knit hat, like a tuque? It looks mixed-up to me. —Michael Z. 2005-12-6 01:44 Z

A Beanie cap is a rigid little hat with a set of 2 propellers on top of it —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.70.8.194 (talk) 21:10, 24 July 2009 (UTC)

Is "beanie" a regionalism?

I find this usage of "beanie" to mean a "ski hat" or a "knit cap" to be very odd. I've never heard that usage here in the Pacific Northwest where I grew up; to me, a "beanie" is a skull cap with a propeller. Knit caps are something entirely different from beanies in my dialect. -- ManekiNeko | Talk 08:09, 21 December 2005 (UTC)

Here in the American Mid-South, we refer to the cap being described as a "sock cap," a "stocking cap," or more colloquially a "toboggan." A beanie is, to me, similar to a yarmulke, or a brimless baseball cap, with or without propeller! Iamvered 05:39, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

I am from Northwest Georgia, where the dialect and word choices reflect that of the greater Tennessee valley region. I grew up hearing "toboggan" for a brimless knit hat (with or without eye holes). Only once I got a little older did I hear Northerners speak of toboggans as sleds. I have never in my life heard them called "beanies", except perhaps at a department store. More recently, I have used the word "skullcap" because less and less people know what I mean by "toboggan".Jetimms (talk) 18:58, 22 September 2009 (UTC)

==Did beanies really fall out of favor by the 1950's? In the June 29th, 1949 episode of The Martin and Lewis Show (radio: http://www.archive.org/download/MartinAndLewis_OldTimeRadio/MartinLewisShow490628_013_JohnCarradine.mp3), Jerry gives a propeller beanie to a precocious boy he and his date agreed to babysit. When the boy asks why he should be interested in a beanie hat, Jerry and his date struggle to explain the hats' appeal for kids saying "they're crazy about them." Jerry goes on to say that beanies with propellers "are a novelty, a new gimmick," suggesting that beanies were still very popular and in fashion--at least with kids. I know radio shows are not necessarily experts on their subjects matter, but they tended to reflect truths about popular culture. alainsane (talk) 04:36, 12 September 2009 (UTC)alainsane

In SE Australia, a tight wollen cap (what passes as a "toque" in the praries of Canada) is almost ubiquitously referred to as a beanie. My personal experience is that many Australians find it hilarious that it means skull-cap with a propellor to many North Americans. Rickert 13:12, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

It doesn't necessarily mean that. A beanie to us is exactly what it is to you — a tight knit cap without a bill. College freshmen were often required to wear one in school colors as a sort of initiation. The propeller is just one variety. Daniel Case 00:10, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

They're known as a beanie across Australia, I'm fairly certain. The "beanie swings away from the 'form' it favors in the south to the 'function' of the north" bit of the article definitely gives this article a sense of regionalism. Strange, as the term is prevalent in places outside North America. 220.233.92.125 (talk) 03:01, 14 August 2009 (UTC)

"Beanie" - card game?

I've seen people play it at campus, but I cannot seem to find any rules for it. Anyone know anyhting about it? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 203.167.220.130 (talk • contribs) 01:28, 3 December 2006 (UTC).

Definitely not a good idea. This is one of the few specific references for toboggan. I use the term toboggan to call a winter hat; I do not ever call them a beanie. Grace Lane

Use of synonyms

Yes, there are many synonyms for this type of hat. However, some of them given are unrefrenced or vague, and are removed. They are knit hat, knit cap - refers to method of making rather than type of hat. ski capor, chook - no refrences found on web. boggan - no refrences found, and sounds like slang. warm winter hat - numerous head-warmers are not beanies. Sipple cap, monkey cap - please provide refrences to these reigon-specific terms not easily verified on the internet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 132.194.98.45 (talk) 23:13, 27 November 2009 (UTC)

Beanie's in 1872?

John Tenniel's drawing of Tweedledee & Tweedledum, published in Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking Glass", in 1872, has the brothers wearing beanies. It would appear that they were already a symbol of some sort, perhaps childish silliness, much early than the 1920's as mentioned in the article. I wonder how far they really go back? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.212.235.154 (talk) 11:14, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

A forgotten beanie?

In the early sixties, I attended a Catholic grammar school. All the girls wore little navy blue nylon beanies to church during the week. They matched our uniforms. Other schools with red uniforms had red beanies. That was when women were expected to wear a head cover during Mass. I am surprised to see no one else has mentioned this? 97.83.176.12 (talk) 07:24, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

"knit variety"

I think this section should go if we can't find authoritative sources that indicate these woven hats are regularly called "beanies." It's no more a beanie than a yarmulke or skullcap is...DavidOaks (talk) 18:37, 6 February 2010 (UTC)

It's ridiculous to say that the beanie is an aspect of grunge/snowboarding fashion. It's a knit cap. No one called it a "beanie".

Source it or delete it. 65.30.180.228 (talk) 22:54, 20 February 2010 (UTC)