Bestest Friend and I are doing a blog project. Each day we will write a blog post on a pre-determined theme chosen by a random noun generator. The theme for the first day of the month is "Hat."
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| Illustration from Supercerdo (Bitmax & Co. #2) by Jaume Copons and illustrated by Liliana Fortuny Arnella |
What makes a hat a hat and not a cap?
Is a turban a hat? A hood? A snood? A hijab?
It gets pretty philosophical around here when I try to define for myself what exactly a hat is.
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Happy Labor Day weekend, my American friends (and Happy Weekend to my international readers, of course). We are off to the great prairies of America for the annual family reunion/COVID superspreader event and while my regular posts will be scheduled through the weekend, I will otherwise be dark in Bloglandia.
I first learned that there was a distinction when I carpooled with two family study teachers. I have made the distinction ever since. I think those other items that you mentioned are what they are and neither hats nor caps. We'll see what the consensus is. :)
ReplyDeleteMy husband thinks a cap is a subset of a hat and it's fine to use hat for a cap, but not cap for all hats. It seems quite confusing to me.
DeleteThe first thing I think of when you say the word "hat" is the cartoon character Bullwinkle the Moose trying to pull a rabbit out of a top hat. When nothing happens he says "wrong hat" and I laugh. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteWrong hat forever!
DeleteI have never heard of Supercerdo (super pig!) but for some reason that illustration reminds me of a Red Sox fan. I guess it's the red, but I can definitely picture him cheering for Big Papi.
ReplyDeleteDictionary.com says that this is a hat: a shaped covering for the head worn for warmth, as a fashion item, or as part of a uniform. In this case, I would say that a turban is, and a snood and a hijab could be, but I would say that they probably fall under more of a wrap than a hat. Although the hat definition does not say that it has to be on the top of the head!
Supercerdo is a character in a children's book series called Bitmax and Co. that's written in Spanish and is just about my current reading level in Spanish. I am greatly enjoying this series (the illustrations are WONDERFUL) and will be sad when I have read them all. Now that you said that this illustration looks like a Red Sox fan, I can't unsee it!
DeleteI use hat and cap interchangeably. Have a great time at your Super Spreader! 😳
ReplyDeleteWe were back home less than two hours when we got the first email about a COVID case, so let's make it Year #3 of Super Spreader family reunion!
DeleteOooh! I put cap under hat territory, but I don't think I put all head coverings under the "hat" category. In my mind it has something to do with fabric and shape and structure.
ReplyDeleteYour question reminds me of a charming picture book, called Hats of Faith.
Have a great long weekend!
It's interesting because I was tempted to say hats have to have structure, too, but I have many a knitted winter hat that is pretty shapeless. I don't know what my exact definition is, though.
DeleteI added Hats of Faith to my picture book library list. It's getting quite long!
Er- have fun at the super spreader event? Seriously, I hope you have a great time. I think of "cap" as like a baseball cap, and hat as a more formal head covering. But what do I know.
ReplyDeleteIt was fun, but it was probably a super spreader event. I think of hat almost exclusively as "winter hat" and those aren't formal at all! I mean, of course there are like fedoras and derbies, but they don't come up in my day to day life like winter hats!
DeleteI think of the broader category as "head covering(s)" (hijabs, etc.), hats as formal hats OR winter hats, and baseball caps as caps. I'm weird. Sorry.
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