I don't know ANY Americans that say "Rucksack". When I was a kid (70s/80s) knapsack wasn't uncommon, but it's fallen out of common usage. Americans definitely say Backpack. Edited to add: I was familiar with the word rucksack before this video. It's just not in common American usage.
I think the knapsack is from long ago when you'd see a picture of a piece of material wrapped around a stick in a cartoon. The rucksack is a more military term, backpack is more common to me (usa).
I think rucksack is also military, isn't it? I think of a backpack as having a zipper close, a rucksack as having a cinch close at the top, and a knapsack as being a bag with a flap that you carry on your side.
I'm Canadian, born & raised in Alberta. Here's how I say these things! ▪Usually 'washroom' is used in public, 'bathroom' is used at home. ▪'Crosswalk' is correct. ▪We do say the animal 'zee-bra', but the letter is 'zed', not 'zee'! (Though some do say 'zee' if they're more influenced by the US.) ▪'Runners' (or running shoes) is correct. ▪'Parkade' is correct, but 'parking garage' is also used. ▪'Housecoat' is only really used by older people, 'robe' is most common. ▪'Knapsack' is not common where I'm from, but I have heard it. 'Backpack' is more typical. ▪'Toque' is correct, rhymes with Luke. It comes from French. Many things are regional in Canada and the US - we are both such big countries after all, there are bound to be differences depending what part of the country you're in! I find many things about Canada tend to be a mix of US & UK.
@@Cokesfits You use "parking lot" even when it's an above ground/underground parking structure? Normally a parking lot is just a flat ground-level parking area, not a structure.
Apparently, in Montreal, there is a higher incidence of people saying "zee" than anywhere else in Canada. Nobody is sure why this is. Maybe because the call-letters of the NBC affiliate TV station is WPTZ.
OceanBlue i wasnt saying accent wise, also both Canada and America have various accents within them. But I was comparing it to what they said in the video (which didn’t have to do with accents). I also dont mean for any of this to sound rude im just trying to better explain myself
I guess that's more fair to say, however, Canada has a slightly different way of thinking as a country than the US. For example, Canada expresses freedom for the country, but the US expresses freedom for the individual. These are clearly not the same thing! Also, Canada is more socialist than the US in that the Canadian government has more health coverage for its citizens than in the US. Also, college/university students pay much less tuition than students in US do. So there are some small but important differences between Canada and the US, but they might not be so obvious to people who do not live in either Canada or the US. I'm just giving you some facts to inform you about this. Canada and the US are definitely different countries!!
I agree, I’m an American from Utah and I know no one you calls it a rucksack. It’s a backpack. I know people from all over the states and I’ve only ever heard Brits call it a rucksack.
Canadians pronounce Z as "zed" We also say either runners, track shoes, or running shoes We do not call it a parkade we call it a parking garage. I have never heard someone say "parkade"
It depends on the size. A rucksack is a large backpack like what a soldier or serious camper would use. While Canadians do say knapsack the use backpack more commonly. Also sneakers or running shoes. Also two-que. finally Canadian’s ARE NOT Americans. EVER
I’m American and one of the 3 main mugs I drink my coffee from has the Canadian Olympic hockey team logo on it. I LOVE being less than a day’s drive from Canada. If I ever need a break from the US grind (which tbh already happens a lot), I’m going up there to the nice people. 🥰 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇦 🥰
The word bathroom is primarily used at home or in reference to residences. Restroom is used for public spaces and buildings, like restaurants, stadiums or office buildings.
Gia Gonzal3s rucksack is a big military or hiking bag, it's different from a backpack they just messed up Edit: at least that's what we classify them as in Canada
I think i saw a map of the US where sneakers are mainly the Northeast (New York , New England, etc.) I'm from NY and we call them Sneakers. I think it's a cool name tbh lol As secondary I've heard Gym Shoes ... only time I've heard Tennis Shoes when for sneakers you literally wear playing tennis lol ..
Agreed, my father was in the military many years ago and he always called any kind of soft gym bag or backpack a rucksack. Which always gross me out because it sounded just a little bit too close to nutsack!
In the US we also use “tennis shoes” generically to refer to workout shoes even if you’re not playing tennis. Usually depends on what area of the US you’re from.
Who are y'all talking to in America? Somehow you've spoken to one of the like 3 people who commonly used to 'rucksack' instead of backpack. And also, much of this depends on where in the US you live. Pop vs soda, sneakers vs tennis shoes, interstate vs freeway...
interstate to me is like I-80 W where as freeway is from North Tacoma to South Tacoma lol then you have your highways lol those are the small roads that people like to take for visual drives lol and not to get anywhere in a hurry.. Proud to be a US but some things can be, really y'all just couldn't say take the scenic road? okay just kidding either way y'all look at it the highway is a scenic road lol
Yeah interstates are only freeways that go through more than one state. Freeway is anything else or I guess you could call an interstate a freeway but never an instate freeway an interstate.
For reference, I remember my parents generation (east coat Americans) calling a bathrobe a housecoat. Although, to be honest, a housecoat (chiefly worn by women), has buttons as I recall, while a bathrobe has a sash.
My grandmother, from the east coast, called it a housecoat and made me wear one whenever I was at her house. Yes it had buttons down the front and yes worn by just ya girls
Loooool love u guys’ laughs. I’m canadian, and a knapsack is like, when ur five and u have a little backpack with a flap and buckle. And your mom is like, don’t forget to put your homework in ur knapsack. Looooool it’s a very particular type of backpack.
Americans call a backpack and backpack. I sometime question where you get your information from cause it seems a bit off sometimes. No hate just an observation
Yes we used book bag for a part of my youth but now backpacks are more common. As far as the information, they said they got it from an article, and isn't it okay if occasionally they slip one in there to spark conversation? That is part of the fun, and does strive comment interaction! They know how we love to "educate" them! ;) If I was running a channel I would be tempted occasionally to throw a ringer in there that would generate a bunch of conversation, because it really does no harm and people get to interact, everybody wins.
I'm from Michigan, now living in Arizona and we call things: "bathroom" if you're in someone's house and need to pee and "restroom" if you're out in public (probably since restrooms don't have bathtubs) -- in fact, the directional signs always say "restroom" and for some reason, we will say "men's room" but not "women's room" -- and in most public schools, it's called a "lavatory"; "crosswalk" is correct, or simply "the crossing"; "sneakers" "tennis shoes" or "gym shoes" are all routinely used in the USA, but it's slowly becoming more common to refer to the best marketed brands by the brand name itself, as in "Where did I leave my Nikes?" or "Did you move my Reeboks?" ; "parking deck" or "parking structure" is more accurate for a multi-story building; "bathrobe" or "robe" is very common, but my mom always called her's a "housecoat" so that could be a generational thing; "backpack" is INFINITELY more common in the USA, very few people outside of the military would even know what a "rucksack" is; finally, NO ONE I know would EVER say "beanie" (they would be ridiculed for doing so) it's just a "hat" UNLESS you're in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where it is oddly called a "CHOOK" -- As always, LOVE your videos!!
I'm from Southern California and I say BATHROOM regardless if it's at a house or an actual restroom. To us, BATHROOM is a generic term for a room with a toilet.
I'm Canadian. The last letter of the alphabet is zed. I say either washroom or bathroom. We have backpacks. I've never heard of a parkade - we say parking garage. We wear runners or running shoes, occasionally athletic shoes or gym shoes. I say housecoat, but also bathrobe. A toque is a knitted hat, same as an American beanie, and it rhymes with "duke". It does come from French Canadians. We cross the street at a crosswalk. By the way, have you ever heard of a chesterfield? Americans tend to call them a sofa or a couch (we might too).
I say tennis shoes too, or gym shoes, but I have a friend from New Jersey and when I said tennis shoes to her, she thought I literally meant shoes for tennis 😂 so I think it’s a regional thing.
I think they meant cause we are on the same continent. I personally as an American view it as a compliment , I've never been to Canada but I think its beautiful from the shows I've watched and I here a lot of great things about it. One of my favorite shows are Murdoch and Where the heart goes or something like that, lol!
I'm Canadian and I say: - running shoes - house robe and Canada is basically England and America had a child update: now I've gotten used to saying dressing gown
"Thanks A LOT JOSH!" I started crying!! lmfao that was perfect placement. As an American though, we don't say Rucksack at least not in NYC. I've never actually heard of that word until today lol. Also we'd say "bathroom" in someones apartment/house and in public we'd say Restroom.
LOL, at the end I was saying I'd like to go back being obscure again.. they be laughing at everything we say.. LOL Mind you, .. a lou?? Washroom makes at least some sense.. what the heck is a lou..
That's usually in the southern states. I grew up in Texas where people (more often than not) say tennis shoes, but my parents were from New York, so I always called them sneakers.
Since Canada and USA are huge countries and the way people speak and phrases and words may not be used by everyone but only just certain areas of the country So the words aren't actually the word the whole country uses, just one area As a Canadian some of the words you used in this I've never used or heard in the area of the country I live in. Could be something like only east coast provinces use Housecoat or only west coast people say Parkade (as example) so it may only reflect what each province/region says not the country in whole. [Since I had British parents I do find myself sometimes using British terms or words for things because of their influence growing up] ** [these are what I've heard and said in my area of Canada, they may not reflect what is spoken in other provinces or regions] - Washroom - yes we call that little room with the toilet in it a washroom. - Crosswalk - yes it's referred to that way in this area. (Canadians say zed for the letter Z) - The shoes are referred to as runners . . or just shoes - Parking Garage - yes. . I've never heard anyone say Parkade for where you park your car in my entire life - Bathrobe - Yes, I've heard/used bathrobe or robe, never housecoat - Backpack - yes that is mostly used in the part of Canada I live in. Rarely, if ever used, is knapsack. Backpack is far more common (most Canadians aren't French speakers, it's mostly the province of Quebec where French is predominantly spoken with small areas of English, the rest of the country is predominantly English speaking) - Hat - toque (pronounced like TWO with K at the end) it's from the french Quebec area. It's sometimes called toque but mostly just referred to as a hat/knit hat in my region. Never heard beanie used for the hat . . . no Canada is not the same country as USA any more than England is the same as Ireland. Similar but quite different. [*gasp* Triggered. Oh Joel how could you say that? :-P ] I'm thinking the article you got this stuff from is total bullshit and not remotely accurate for how we all speak as a nation. It's like saying all Brits speak with a Scouse accent, Geordie or Cockney one. No that represents that area only.
The vast majority Americans say "tennis shoes." "Sneakers" is confined to the Mid-Atlantic/New England area. Americans don't call it a "rucksack." That's a military term. Everyone else calls it a backpack.
I think Americans say "tennis shoes" just as much as, if not more than, the word sneakers. I use tennis shoes if I'm talking about like running shoes. I would use sneakers if I'm talking about like Converse or Vans. Sneakers to me are like tennis shoes that you don't exercise in.
To say “toque” it’s like saying “two” with a k on the end Two+k=toque. And yes. I LOVE my HOUSECOAT!!! It keeps me warm when I’m not wearing my WINTER or SNOW coat😂
OK it's 2022 now and I just watched this. Speaking of Housecoats they said it was a Canadian thing but my Mom was from Tennessee in the US and that's what she called a bathrobe. ( But maybe if a woman wore one it was a housecoat and if a man wore one he called it a bathrobe? ! IDK. : )
I live in Michigan extremely close to Canada and I love Canadians, the stereotype of how laid back they are and nice they are is totally true! Their accent is very close to my michigander accent lol. Btw Americans say backpack as well, I've never heard an American say rucksack....
@@jeffmorse645 in Michigan alot of ppl say we sound like alot of ppl from Toronto, or just all of Ontario in general lol. But I have been told that Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan sound almost identical except for a few slang words. I do drive through Canada to get to new York if I ever go to tht state (never NYC tho)
I, on the other hand, am completely shocked by the number of people who have never heard the term "rucksack." To me, rucksack is a common term. But, its use certainly appears to be limited to outdoorsmen and people who have been in the military.
A back pack is what we use for school. A ruck sack is what our military uses to put all the nessary items that they need for training for being outside for days at a time. They usually contain a sleeping bag, a tarp, a hygiene kit, and other times.
They've gotten that one the wrong way round. English - rucksack, American - backpack. I'm English and although people use both here, rucksack is the most common and proper version for it here
I'm American. Parking Structure. Backpack. Americans would say "I've never been to a foreign country.....well... Canada, but that doesn't count". We really like Canada though, especially right now, their politics are much saner than US or UK.
Ive lived in MI, OK, OH, and MO....nobody says rucksacks, it's definitely a backpack! Tennis shoes and/or sneakers. My grandmother (born in 1908) said "housecoat."
Nobody asked but Western Germans call these things: Toilette, Zebra-Streifen (zebra stripes), Sneaker, Parkhaus (parking house), Bademantel (bathing coat), Rucksack (pronounced Rooksuck with a shirt oo like in foot), Beanie or just Mütze (myts-uh)
Guys you can’t make fun of all US/Canadian terms when so much of your vocabulary sounds like a toddler speaking. The “loo”. The “telly”. And CAR PARK? 😂
Don't forget fizzy juice, knickers and zebra crossing ( : I mean Zebra crossing, for realz? For a second there I thought the Brits rode around on Zebras!
We get a lot of British TV in America,, but not Canadian. So, ironically - given we share a continent - I’m way more familiar with Brit-isms than Canadian-isms. So I liked this a lot.
American here...the only time I've ever heard those referred to as a Rucksack are from military personnel. Most Americans call it a backpack or a bookbag.
Joel said “hey I’ve got my house coat and my toque” but he pronounced it like toke and it made it sound like her has talking about some Canadian that just sits around their house all day smoking weed😂
I am American and I call “bathrobes” housecoat. Because it is like a coat but for the house Also Americans call backpacks backpacks not rugsacks. Disclaimer: Not all Americans say this, it’s just what I was raised saying.
Bri Emeralds I’ve used both bathrobe and housecoat but I tend to think of them differently. A robe to me has the waist tie but a house coat generally is more of a lounging garment that fully closes.
Housecoat is kind of an old fashioned term. It usually was only used for an overdress that buttoned which housewives would wear in the house over a slip instead of getting fully dressed. You see them in old movies a lot. Usually a slattern coming to answer the door with a cigarette dangling from her lip or a drink in her hand. Never heard it used for a robe worn by a man. (American speaking)
Both rucksack and knapsack are fairly archaic in most of North America. There are local areas that still use them, but many regionalisms are slowly fading out. Knapsack is from Low German and rucksack from High German.
I have lived in Australia most of my life and I would call them sneakers. Interesting how all 3 countries speak the same language and yet there are some quite marked differences in usage.
As a Norwegian I would say that those four languages are dialects, because you basically understand each other. We have do different dialects in Norway thateven people in Norway sometimes don't understand each other. And many would also say that Norwegian, Danish and Swedish is so similar that they could be dialects, but they're not. But the various English languages however, they ARE dialects 😁 You have some different words, but you basically understand each other 😉
I love this kind of conversation. In the US, there are regional differences. In the Northeast, we say sneakers, but in the South, for example, they call them tennis shoes, and you can hear tennies.
I imaging that there are many more regional differences in the UK. Joel and Lia are very London oriented as well as being very young so less experienced in terminology than older people.
I'm American and this is incorrect. We use beanie/hat and backpack/bookbag the I've never heard the words that you guys replaced for both of them. And our footwear (wear you exercise in) is called shoes or tennis-shoes. I hope this was useful I had to make an actual account to write this but I felt like this was needed. Thank you.
I call them sneakers. I've never called them tennis shoes. You'd have to speak specifically for yourself, or even the area you're from. You can't speak for othr areas or "Americans", since all of our lingo isn't the same.
In Canada, tuque /tuːk/ is the common name for a knitted winter hat, or watch cap (sometimes called a beanie in other parts of the world); the spelling "touque", although not recognized by the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, is also sometimes seen in written English.[7] The Canadian-English term was assimilated from Canadian-French tuque. Toque first appeared in writing around 1870.[8][9][10] The fashion is said to have originated with the coureurs de bois, French and Métis fur traders, who kept their woollen nightcaps on for warmth during cold winter days. Such hats are known in other English-speaking countries by a variety of names, including beanie, watch cap or stocking cap; the terms tuque and toque are unique to Canada and northern areas of the United States close to the Canada-United States border. In 2013, CBC Edmonton launched a poll to ask viewers how they spelled the word. The options given were toque, tuque or touque. Nearly 6,500 people voted, with Edmontonians remaining divided on the issue. I find ''Beanie'' funny because it makes me think about ''a little bean''. I would vote to write it Tuque or Touque since ''toque'' in french is a cooking Chef's hat....
I don't know ANY Americans that say "Rucksack". When I was a kid (70s/80s) knapsack wasn't uncommon, but it's fallen out of common usage. Americans definitely say Backpack.
Edited to add: I was familiar with the word rucksack before this video. It's just not in common American usage.
Tara LeGates completely agree
I think the knapsack is from long ago when you'd see a picture of a piece of material wrapped around a stick in a cartoon. The rucksack is a more military term, backpack is more common to me (usa).
It's either called a backpack or a bookbag, depending on how it's to be used.
Yep backpack is way more common here in my area of the US unless it’s military.
Definitely backpack in the US
Americans do not use rucksack it’s either book bag or backpack! Lol!
Rucksack is used in hiking, it refers to a larger backpack
I think rucksack is also military, isn't it? I think of a backpack as having a zipper close, a rucksack as having a cinch close at the top, and a knapsack as being a bag with a flap that you carry on your side.
I always thought rucksack came from Germany...
Backpack is the preferred American term, while in Britain, they call it a rucksack.
When I was in school (50s and 60s in NJ), we had book bags, but they were not the same as backpacks.
I'm Canadian, born & raised in Alberta. Here's how I say these things!
▪Usually 'washroom' is used in public, 'bathroom' is used at home.
▪'Crosswalk' is correct.
▪We do say the animal 'zee-bra', but the letter is 'zed', not 'zee'! (Though some do say 'zee' if they're more influenced by the US.)
▪'Runners' (or running shoes) is correct.
▪'Parkade' is correct, but 'parking garage' is also used.
▪'Housecoat' is only really used by older people, 'robe' is most common.
▪'Knapsack' is not common where I'm from, but I have heard it. 'Backpack' is more typical.
▪'Toque' is correct, rhymes with Luke. It comes from French.
Many things are regional in Canada and the US - we are both such big countries after all, there are bound to be differences depending what part of the country you're in! I find many things about Canada tend to be a mix of US & UK.
i live in the maritimes and its the same for me EXCEPT we do say sneakers
Yeah, I agree with this. I’m in pei and we often call a backpack a school bag, even if it’s not for school. Also we say beanie sometimes.
Manitoba here I totally agree
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Im from Toronto I’m use to parking lot
@@Cokesfits You use "parking lot" even when it's an above ground/underground parking structure? Normally a parking lot is just a flat ground-level parking area, not a structure.
I'm from Canada and we actually are tought to say zed here
Apparently, in Montreal, there is a higher incidence of people saying "zee" than anywhere else in Canada. Nobody is sure why this is. Maybe because the call-letters of the NBC affiliate TV station is WPTZ.
@@dkyrtata6688 Probably to differentiate it from how the letter Z is actually pronounce in French which IS ZED as a matter of fact.
Yeah we say zed
Good hopefully it stays that way
Zed.....but zeeeeeeeebra
Americans , like myself, say " Tennis " shoes....:) Never heard of rucksack....we call it back packs.
The tennis shoe thing is a regional thing. Similar to soda vs pop vs coke.
Most all soldiers use rucksacks. So if you aren't in the military you may not have heard it.
Or sneakers or gym shoes
Californian’s say Tennis Shoes
We say tennis shoes in Texas, too!
saying canada is the same as the US is like saying ireland is the same as england
Couldn’t have said it better myself. ❤️🇨🇦❤️
More like Wales and Ireland tbh
Kinda, but kind of NOT!
OceanBlue i wasnt saying accent wise, also both Canada and America have various accents within them. But I was comparing it to what they said in the video (which didn’t have to do with accents). I also dont mean for any of this to sound rude im just trying to better explain myself
I guess that's more fair to say, however, Canada has a slightly different way of thinking as a country than the US. For example, Canada expresses freedom for the country, but the US expresses freedom for the individual. These are clearly not the same thing! Also, Canada is more socialist than the US in that the Canadian government has more health coverage for its citizens than in the US. Also, college/university students pay much less tuition than students in US do. So there are some small but important differences between Canada and the US, but they might not be so obvious to people who do not live in either Canada or the US.
I'm just giving you some facts to inform you about this. Canada and the US are definitely different countries!!
I’m American and I’ve never heard any say ruckpack I say back pack is it a east coast thing or is it southern or northern American I’m from California
So glad you like them!
I Say backpack too. At least in NYC.
I agree, I’m an American from Utah and I know no one you calls it a rucksack. It’s a backpack. I know people from all over the states and I’ve only ever heard Brits call it a rucksack.
I say book bag. Virginia
I have never heard of rocksack either and I’m from Colorado. :)
Canadians pronounce Z as "zed"
We also say either runners, track shoes, or running shoes
We do not call it a parkade we call it a parking garage. I have never heard someone say "parkade"
Where Im from we call it Parkade
I call it a parkade. Very common, especially in western Canada
We do call it Parkade.....
Merry Jane Yeah here in BC I’ve on lui ever heard parkade
Parkade is very common lol
As an American, I've never heard of the word rucksack! We call it a backpack. I have also heard some people call it a knapsack, but never a rucksack.
I was going to say the same thing. We have always called them backpacks and for shoes, we say either cross trainers and tennis shoes.
You're correct, I have never heard an American say Rucksack. The only ones I know who call it a Rucksack is the Scots.
Planet Sky maybe they meant backpack.:-)
I believe the military refers to them as rucksack.
It depends on the size. A rucksack is a large backpack like what a soldier or serious camper would use. While Canadians do say knapsack the use backpack more commonly. Also sneakers or running shoes. Also two-que. finally Canadian’s ARE NOT Americans. EVER
Here in the US - we love our Canadian Brothers.
They are the best neighbors we could ever ask for.
aw :3 thanks :D
We love you too ( :
And we have much more in common than not.
Canada rocks ♡
Thank you! :D
We love y’all too.
I’m American and one of the 3 main mugs I drink my coffee from has the Canadian Olympic hockey team logo on it.
I LOVE being less than a day’s drive from Canada.
If I ever need a break from the US grind (which tbh already happens a lot), I’m going up there to the nice people.
🥰 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇦 🥰
The word bathroom is primarily used at home or in reference to residences. Restroom is used for public spaces and buildings, like restaurants, stadiums or office buildings.
And...powder room, & ladies' room ! Lol
I’ve lived in Canada my entire life and I’ve never heard it called a “parcade” I’ve always known it to be called a parking garage 🤷🏼♀️
Out west we say parkade.
That’s definitely a western Canada word.
As an American I've never heard of rucksack??? I say backpack and so does everyone I know.
Rucksack is from German. Some US military have used the term for long time.
I'm American what on Earth is a rucksack?
Rugzak is the dutch word for backpack. It literal translation is rug=back and zag= bag/pouch. So backbag or backpouch
Bro for real
Gia Gonzal3s rucksack is a big military or hiking bag, it's different from a backpack they just messed up
Edit: at least that's what we classify them as in Canada
Tennis shoes.....that’s what we call them in Wisconsin. Most of the US calls them backpacks pretty sure :) Have an awesome Sunday!!
Emma Ozburn I grew up in Utah and we always called them tennis shoes, too.
here in Chicago, we call them gym shoes. Always a backpack.
Yea that's what I grew up calling them as well was tennis shoes (grew up in Ohio)
I think i saw a map of the US where sneakers are mainly the Northeast (New York , New England, etc.) I'm from NY and we call them Sneakers. I think it's a cool name tbh lol As secondary I've heard Gym Shoes ... only time I've heard Tennis Shoes when for sneakers you literally wear playing tennis lol ..
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I have never heard of a rucksack...we call them backpacks in the USA
Rucksack is like the kind of backpack you have while camping, with the big flap on tip with a clip.
I love how when Lia breaks out laughing she sounds like a seagull
Her laugh woke my dog up from his nap. He thought it was an animal noise lol
Amazing comment 🤣🤣🤣
Im an American and have never heard of rucksack. We’ve only used backpack 🎒
In Indonesian 🇮🇩 either backpack or rucksack or knapsack is *ransel.*
I hear rucksack all the time- but it is usually said in the military....
I think rucksack is a military term. We say backpack, too.
Agreed, my father was in the military many years ago and he always called any kind of soft gym bag or backpack a rucksack. Which always gross me out because it sounded just a little bit too close to nutsack!
Yeah, Germans say rucksack. I’ve heard it in other places in Europe, but we call it backpack or book bag in the US.
I agree. I think I have the military use that term. :)
I have heard Brit Army refer to it as a Bergen
@@LeoTheShortGuy possible
I swear Backpack is the American word, and rucksack is the in Britain one?? 😂🤷🏼♀️❤️
TwinTube rucksack is German
Yeah I agree with you
Yess! in england we call it rucksack. it’d be weird if someone said backpack
Rucksack is used primarily by the US military. They would never call it a backpack, but backpack is the common American term.
I call it bookbag 😂
In the US we also use “tennis shoes” generically to refer to workout shoes even if you’re not playing tennis. Usually depends on what area of the US you’re from.
Who are y'all talking to in America? Somehow you've spoken to one of the like 3 people who commonly used to 'rucksack' instead of backpack. And also, much of this depends on where in the US you live. Pop vs soda, sneakers vs tennis shoes, interstate vs freeway...
interstate to me is like I-80 W where as freeway is from North Tacoma to South Tacoma lol then you have your highways lol those are the small roads that people like to take for visual drives lol and not to get anywhere in a hurry.. Proud to be a US but some things can be, really y'all just couldn't say take the scenic road? okay just kidding either way y'all look at it the highway is a scenic road lol
Bubbler vs fountain
Yeah interstates are only freeways that go through more than one state. Freeway is anything else or I guess you could call an interstate a freeway but never an instate freeway an interstate.
Some say cola so don’t forget cola.
Highway is what we call freeways and interstates in Chicago.
For reference, I remember my parents generation (east coat Americans) calling a bathrobe a housecoat. Although, to be honest, a housecoat (chiefly worn by women), has buttons as I recall, while a bathrobe has a sash.
This is exactly correct.
We also say dressing gown in some regions, too, but it's almost always feminine as well.
My mom is from Kentucky and it's always been a housecoat for her, as well.
My grandmother, from the east coast, called it a housecoat and made me wear one whenever I was at her house. Yes it had buttons down the front and yes worn by just ya girls
Yes, a housecoat here in WV is particularly a bath robe type garment with buttons. Usually and older lady would wear it.
Americans and Canadians both say backpack as well
I'v never heard "Rucksack" in the States outside of a German class.
I'm Canadian, and we use washroom when out in public and using public washrooms, but at home we call it a bathroom. We also say Zed.
Yep similar to us Americans saying Restrooms in public while Bathroom is mainly at home.
Yeah, multi-story car park really rolls off the tongue.
It really does
It’s a parking garage in America no matter how tall it is
Sorry for being a brit but a multi storey car park is a generic term for ( generally) a concrete edifice designed for car parking on multiple levels.
Hahaha hail satan
@@mrmrsm7185 is that what it is? I was thinking a multiple story amusement park for cars to have a good rime
It's zed in Canada, not zee
When you try to show attention to your Canadian child and just end up making fun of them the whole time
POOR RESPONSE!
Canadians are cool with that.
@@crusherbmx This Canadian is not cool with it, I thought they were insulting.
@@BobSmith-iu3hx I agree with you. I didn't find it very respectfully 😔
I find it funny as if we're all just their tots who came up with a new word.
Loooool love u guys’ laughs. I’m canadian, and a knapsack is like, when ur five and u have a little backpack with a flap and buckle. And your mom is like, don’t forget to put your homework in ur knapsack. Looooool it’s a very particular type of backpack.
Americans call a backpack and backpack. I sometime question where you get your information from cause it seems a bit off sometimes. No hate just an observation
Or a bookbag depending on where you're from
@@PurppBhabee True
Yes we used book bag for a part of my youth but now backpacks are more common.
As far as the information, they said they got it from an article, and isn't it okay if occasionally they slip one in there to spark conversation? That is part of the fun, and does strive comment interaction! They know how we love to "educate" them! ;)
If I was running a channel I would be tempted occasionally to throw a ringer in there that would generate a bunch of conversation, because it really does no harm and people get to interact, everybody wins.
In Indonesian 🇮🇩 either backpack or rucksack or knapsack is *ransel.*
Real talk I Wonder too. Theres more to USA than NYC lol expansion of research is strongly needed.
I'm from Michigan, now living in Arizona and we call things: "bathroom" if you're in someone's house and need to pee and "restroom" if you're out in public (probably since restrooms don't have bathtubs) -- in fact, the directional signs always say "restroom" and for some reason, we will say "men's room" but not "women's room" -- and in most public schools, it's called a "lavatory"; "crosswalk" is correct, or simply "the crossing"; "sneakers" "tennis shoes" or "gym shoes" are all routinely used in the USA, but it's slowly becoming more common to refer to the best marketed brands by the brand name itself, as in "Where did I leave my Nikes?" or "Did you move my Reeboks?" ; "parking deck" or "parking structure" is more accurate for a multi-story building; "bathrobe" or "robe" is very common, but my mom always called her's a "housecoat" so that could be a generational thing; "backpack" is INFINITELY more common in the USA, very few people outside of the military would even know what a "rucksack" is; finally, NO ONE I know would EVER say "beanie" (they would be ridiculed for doing so) it's just a "hat" UNLESS you're in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan where it is oddly called a "CHOOK" -- As always, LOVE your videos!!
I'm from Southern California and I say BATHROOM regardless if it's at a house or an actual restroom. To us, BATHROOM is a generic term for a room with a toilet.
T Napier Yes, I’ve never heard “women’s room” but “lady’s room” is pretty common.
🇺🇸 never heard anyone say parking deck or structure; just always parking garage. (Colorado)
I always hear beanie but it a type of hat
Yay! Michigan here too!! Yup, we NEVER call it a beanie! I’d probably just say hat, but “winter hat” or “knit hat” if I want to be more specific
I'm Canadian. The last letter of the alphabet is zed. I say either washroom or bathroom. We have backpacks. I've never heard of a parkade - we say parking garage. We wear runners or running shoes, occasionally athletic shoes or gym shoes. I say housecoat, but also bathrobe. A toque is a knitted hat, same as an American beanie, and it rhymes with "duke". It does come from French Canadians. We cross the street at a crosswalk. By the way, have you ever heard of a chesterfield? Americans tend to call them a sofa or a couch (we might too).
Everyone in Vancouver calls it a parkade. Never heard anyone here call it a parking garage.
Parkade is literally written on the signs.... and no one under 50 calls it a chesterfield, we need to let that one go.
momartist I’ve only heard older ones say ‘chesterfield’. It seemed to be more common about 40-50 years ago. Usually people nowadays say couch.
In the US decades ago I heard grandparents call a couch a davenport.
B.K. Mcl I kind of remember that ...seen it in the movies as well.
You had me laughing at house coat 🤣. I’m Canadian and have always called it a house coat lol it is exactly what it is
Also I have never once heard anyone call it a rucksack. Its a backpack, bookbag, or booksack
rucksacks are for the military or for hiking/outdoor use...extra heavy duty backpacks on steroids with webbing to attach gear and other pouches etc.
@@tweevers2 thanks for the info. Like learning new things
They've gotten it the wrong way round. English - rucksack, American -backpack
Book sack?
I’m from the US and I don’t call them any of those. I call them tennis shoes.
STEPHANIE MORRIS I was going to say the same thing. We call them tennis shoes. And also use backpack. I’ve never heard people use the term rucksack.
I say tennis, too (well, sometimes). In Spanish it's the same. But in New York everbody calls it sneakers.
I say tennis shoes too, or gym shoes, but I have a friend from New Jersey and when I said tennis shoes to her, she thought I literally meant shoes for tennis 😂 so I think it’s a regional thing.
Yep! Tennis shoes, running shoes or walking shoes.
@@amberplaatje8754 agree. I'd thought the same if I wouldn't have known. Lol
That moment u piss off every Canadian as you claim Canada and America as basically the same
How true. Triggered for sure
Agreed. American here and our countries are NOT the same at all. That was strange to hear. No hate; just weird to hear said.
I told them! I'm American, but from upstate NY, and I know you guys hate to be called Americans!
I think they meant cause we are on the same continent. I personally as an American view it as a compliment , I've never been to Canada but I think its beautiful from the shows I've watched and I here a lot of great things about it. One of my favorite shows are Murdoch and Where the heart goes or something like that, lol!
Hahaha, meant I hear
I'm Canadian and I say:
- running shoes
- house robe
and Canada is basically England and America had a child
update: now I've gotten used to saying dressing gown
or house coat
I agree with this as I tend to use a combo of British and American words with the occasional Canadian version.
House robe?! Like a bath robe but for around the house? I just call that a robe. Occasionally house coat
Canada is probably 70% England, 15% french, 10% Canadian randomness, and 5% US.
The America military calls it a rucksack. Civilians call it a book bag or a backpack.
Joel: Canadians call it "parkade"
Lia: *dies*
Love you, guys
Dolphins heard that laugh. :D
Maybe I live too close to the American Border but I've never heard a call to Parkade. We call it a parking garage 🇨🇦🇺🇸
The only people that say rucksack in the US are in the military. Everyone else says backpack:)
this video
British word :😐 ok next
American word:😐okay next
Canadian word:😂😂😂OMFG
We do not call a backpack a rucksack in the USA. I have never heard that phrase. We call it a backpack.
Rucksack is a military term.
It must be because I was in the navy; we never used that term.
"Thanks A LOT JOSH!" I started crying!! lmfao that was perfect placement. As an American though, we don't say Rucksack at least not in NYC. I've never actually heard of that word until today lol. Also we'd say "bathroom" in someones apartment/house and in public we'd say Restroom.
Or perhaps "the facilities" or "men's room" or "ladies' room."
American English words vary depending on where you are because the United States is huge.
Gosh. After this video, the Canadians be like: “that’s ok. Don’t include us.” Lia ripped them a new one.
LOL, at the end I was saying I'd like to go back being obscure again.. they be laughing at everything we say.. LOL Mind you, .. a lou?? Washroom makes at least some sense.. what the heck is a lou..
Canadians: 😀 passive aggressive smiles
@@caribbb I agreee a loooo. Come on what the heck is a loo and I never use house coat
Glad you found our Canadian words so funny. Lol.
I’m a Canadian and I feel so attacked lol
LOL! Awww...stop picking on my poor Canadian neighbor to the north.
They're just goofing around
I was just about to comment on how I felt insulted when they laughed at our terminology. 😂
Same
Same...😕
I have never heard an American call a backpack a rucksack
We also call them “tennis” shoes
That's usually in the southern states. I grew up in Texas where people (more often than not) say tennis shoes, but my parents were from New York, so I always called them sneakers.
@@MikeTXBC I'm from Washington and call them tennis shoes but hear people around here use both sneakers or tennis shoes.
Who is "we"? The video is referring to Brits, Canadians and Americans?
Thats probably what I’d say
Arran, I thought that was a southern thing?
whenever I hear "Beanie", my first though is always that stupid looking hat with the propeller on top.
Or the caps that orthodox Jews wear
And, as a child of the late 50’s/60’s, I had one, the “Beanie cap.” 🙄
Since Canada and USA are huge countries and the way people speak and phrases and words may not be used by everyone but only just certain areas of the country So the words aren't actually the word the whole country uses, just one area
As a Canadian some of the words you used in this I've never used or heard in the area of the country I live in. Could be something like only east coast provinces use Housecoat or only west coast people say Parkade (as example) so it may only reflect what each province/region says not the country in whole. [Since I had British parents I do find myself sometimes using British terms or words for things because of their influence growing up]
** [these are what I've heard and said in my area of Canada, they may not reflect what is spoken in other provinces or regions]
- Washroom - yes we call that little room with the toilet in it a washroom.
- Crosswalk - yes it's referred to that way in this area.
(Canadians say zed for the letter Z)
- The shoes are referred to as runners . . or just shoes
- Parking Garage - yes. . I've never heard anyone say Parkade for where you park your car in my entire life
- Bathrobe - Yes, I've heard/used bathrobe or robe, never housecoat
- Backpack - yes that is mostly used in the part of Canada I live in. Rarely, if ever used, is knapsack. Backpack is far more common
(most Canadians aren't French speakers, it's mostly the province of Quebec where French is predominantly spoken with small areas of English, the rest of the country is predominantly English speaking)
- Hat - toque (pronounced like TWO with K at the end) it's from the french Quebec area. It's sometimes called toque but mostly just referred to as a hat/knit hat in my region. Never heard beanie used for the hat
. . . no Canada is not the same country as USA any more than England is the same as Ireland. Similar but quite different. [*gasp* Triggered. Oh Joel how could you say that? :-P ] I'm thinking the article you got this stuff from is total bullshit and not remotely accurate for how we all speak as a nation. It's like saying all Brits speak with a Scouse accent, Geordie or Cockney one. No that represents that area only.
Americans don't say rucksack. We say bookbag or backpack. We even have a saying GOING BACKPACKING THEY EUROPE.
A rucksack is a camping style of backpack with a flap lid held with a clip.
Yes true! I say knapsack (Canadian) but I do say "backpacking" for traveling like you guys do
The vast majority Americans say "tennis shoes." "Sneakers" is confined to the Mid-Atlantic/New England area. Americans don't call it a "rucksack." That's a military term. Everyone else calls it a backpack.
Roadstar1602 hmmm I’m American but I’ve always known “tennis shoes” as a term that only southern people say
@@em4001 Where are you from? I am not southern.
Exactly
I've heard sneakers used in all parts of the US
Hmm. I grew up in Ohio saying tennis shoes. When I moved south, everyone looked at me funny when I said it. Down south we say sneakers.
Most Canadians where I live tend to just switch between the American and Canadian versions of words or Canadian and British versions.
I'm American and I say Backback!
I'm English and I say rucksack 😂😂😂 I guess everyone is different.
@@TheFuturePen3D Haha! I guess so! 😂
Yeah, rucksacks and knapsacks are like types of backpacks with the sort of flaps they have signifying them.
I think Americans say "tennis shoes" just as much as, if not more than, the word sneakers. I use tennis shoes if I'm talking about like running shoes. I would use sneakers if I'm talking about like Converse or Vans. Sneakers to me are like tennis shoes that you don't exercise in.
Caitlin Gonzalez Yes! And you can shorten “tennis shoes” to “tennies”.
Mostly agree, though I wouldn’t call running shoes or basketball shoes or soccer cleats sneakers or tennis shoes.
I'm triggered lol Americans never say rucksack tf 🤔we say book bag or back pack 😎
To say “toque” it’s like saying “two” with a k on the end
Two+k=toque.
And yes. I LOVE my HOUSECOAT!!! It keeps me warm when I’m not wearing my WINTER or SNOW coat😂
Perfect explanation. The way that Joel and Lia were saying it (toke) describes someone smoking cannabis.
Thank youuuuuuuu. she was right, I was screaming at the screen !
What province are you from? All I ever hear is "took".
@@glasscardproductions4736 I’m from Ontario
OK it's 2022 now and I just watched this. Speaking of Housecoats they said it was a Canadian thing but my Mom was from Tennessee in the US and that's what she called a bathrobe. ( But maybe if a woman wore one it was a housecoat and if a man wore one he called it a bathrobe? ! IDK. : )
I’m American and I have never heard of anyone saying “rucksack” 😂
Jade Hagan I heard a brit say btw. sing it: Ed Sheeran!
Used in the military mostly.
its a backpack a bum would wear
In the south we say Tennis shoes, or teni-shoes for short. Never sneakers.
I live in Michigan extremely close to Canada and I love Canadians, the stereotype of how laid back they are and nice they are is totally true! Their accent is very close to my michigander accent lol. Btw Americans say backpack as well, I've never heard an American say rucksack....
I noticed that folks in Minnesota and the Dakotas have a very similar accent to the neighboring provinces (Western Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan).
@@jeffmorse645 in Michigan alot of ppl say we sound like alot of ppl from Toronto, or just all of Ontario in general lol. But I have been told that Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan sound almost identical except for a few slang words. I do drive through Canada to get to new York if I ever go to tht state (never NYC tho)
Ivie Murphy say “been” and about “!
@@Mpurplemea lol yes I have been made fun of bc of my "yankee" accent when I moved to Alabama for 2 yrs.
Rucksack is like the camping style of backpack, with a flap lid on top held with a clip.
I watching this and I was like
"The hell is a Rucksack 😂😂😂😂"
I came to the comment section to make sure I wasn't the only one
a backpack is a type of bag you wear on your back and rucksack is a bag that you wear on your back but for a differant use
I, on the other hand, am completely shocked by the number of people who have never heard the term "rucksack." To me, rucksack is a common term. But, its use certainly appears to be limited to outdoorsmen and people who have been in the military.
I am unsure of the rest of the country but as far as i have heard american's call them backpacks 🤷♀️😂
Americans are more likely to say knapsack than rucksack. Usually backpack
I’ve never heard an American say rucksack. It’s backpack or book bag.
A back pack is what we use for school. A ruck sack is what our military uses to put all the nessary items that they need for training for being outside for days at a time. They usually contain a sleeping bag, a tarp, a hygiene kit, and other times.
Also I haven’t never heard of the word Rucksack and I’m American. I’ve always just heard backpack 🎒 I also say sneakers 👟 or tennis shoes
They've gotten that one the wrong way round. English - rucksack, American - backpack. I'm English and although people use both here, rucksack is the most common and proper version for it here
I think ruck sack is what they called back packs back in the old days, like WWII times. It might be army related.
I'm American. Parking Structure. Backpack. Americans would say "I've never been to a foreign country.....well... Canada, but that doesn't count". We really like Canada though, especially right now, their politics are much saner than US or UK.
theanderblast who says parking structure lmao
US and Canada are definitely not the same
Biatch P I heart ur nose
Biatch P we know America is way more popular 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🦅🦅🦅🦅
@@Unknownuser_791 lmao
But we compliment each other.
The word "washroom" is sometimes used in the U.S. as well
Once you break in a good pair of sneakers, you wouldn't want to throw them away. I'm with Joel on this.
Ive lived in MI, OK, OH, and MO....nobody says rucksacks, it's definitely a backpack! Tennis shoes and/or sneakers. My grandmother (born in 1908) said "housecoat."
i’m a canadian who says british expressions and slang with an american accent lol
Nobody asked but Western Germans call these things:
Toilette, Zebra-Streifen (zebra stripes), Sneaker, Parkhaus (parking house), Bademantel (bathing coat), Rucksack (pronounced Rooksuck with a shirt oo like in foot), Beanie or just Mütze (myts-uh)
Bathing coat or rather morning coat if it's not used after taking a bath or shower.
Geez, as a Canadian, you’re giving me a complex (laughs hysterically at every Canadian expression).
The toque it killed me
@@TheInsomniQuack Just re-watched this video and, yup, still triggered.
Ignore them
Guys you can’t make fun of all US/Canadian terms when so much of your vocabulary sounds like a toddler speaking. The “loo”. The “telly”. And CAR PARK? 😂
Mallorey Rogers yeah, I agree, they laughed so much at Canadian words.
Not trying to sound mean though sorry.
I laugh at "loo" and use that word to be silly. They can laugh at our words. It sounds funny of it isn't common.
ya i agree. a lot of british vocab and vocal mannerisms sound juvenile. like sticky tape :P
Don't forget fizzy juice, knickers and zebra crossing ( :
I mean Zebra crossing, for realz?
For a second there I thought the Brits rode around on Zebras!
One word:Aussie
Strange, as an American I say backpack if it closes with a zipper, but rucksuck if closes with a pullstring. Go figure. :D
We get a lot of British TV in America,, but not Canadian. So, ironically - given we share a continent - I’m way more familiar with Brit-isms than Canadian-isms. So I liked this a lot.
The thing is a LOT of shows are actually Canadian, but they typically don't geographically bind themselves so they can reach the American market.
Americans NEVER call them runners or trainers. They are sneakers or tennis shoes.
Americans NEVER say rucksack.
omg “thanks a lot josh” should be a t-shirt name😂😂
We Americans call it a backpack as well.
As an American, I’ve grown up hearing mostly sneakers/tennis shoes
American here...the only time I've ever heard those referred to as a Rucksack are from military personnel. Most Americans call it a backpack or a bookbag.
Joel said “hey I’ve got my house coat and my toque” but he pronounced it like toke and it made it sound like her has talking about some Canadian that just sits around their house all day smoking weed😂
Well, in French it is "toke". Canadians may say "tuke", but don't they also call a house a "hoose"?
Thomas Mann no Canadians have ever called a house a “hoose”, and i don’t understated what you mean with the “tuke” and “toke” thing
I am American and I call “bathrobes” housecoat. Because it is like a coat but for the house
Also Americans call backpacks backpacks not rugsacks.
Disclaimer: Not all Americans say this, it’s just what I was raised saying.
Bri Emeralds I’ve used both bathrobe and housecoat but I tend to think of them differently. A robe to me has the waist tie but a house coat generally is more of a lounging garment that fully closes.
Housecoat is kind of an old fashioned term. It usually was only used for an overdress that buttoned which housewives would wear in the house over a slip instead of getting fully dressed. You see them in old movies a lot. Usually a slattern coming to answer the door with a cigarette dangling from her lip or a drink in her hand. Never heard it used for a robe worn by a man. (American speaking)
Even in America there are different variations of "sneakers" I call them tennis shoes!
Americans call it a backpack, in World War One our solders carried a small version called a nap sack or rucksack both.
In America it's called a robe.
I think you guys need better sources, several of the American terms you used are not correct.
In america a backpack is also called a bookbag or backpack. Depending on the region.
I was raised in the USA. I never heard the word 'rucksack' before I met a Brit.
Lol yh i live in the uk and I’ve heard the word rucksack before
7:19 Seeing Lia break out in laughter brightens my whole day. Could watch this repeatedly all day!
I am Canadian and I have only heard like kindergarten teachers/preschool teachers call it a nap sack, but everyone else says school bag or back pack
I say knapsack but I'm in Toronto so maybe Toronto is just one of those places that use it?
We also use "backpack". . .I thought the Europeans called it rucksack.
Both rucksack and knapsack are fairly archaic in most of North America. There are local areas that still use them, but many regionalisms are slowly fading out. Knapsack is from Low German and rucksack from High German.
*I'm a Canadian Lady and I tell you, I love living here.*
I have lived in Australia most of my life and I would call them sneakers.
Interesting how all 3 countries speak the same language and yet there are some quite marked differences in usage.
im born and raised and sneakers is different to runners we call them runners sneakers is a american word
As a Norwegian I would say that those four languages are dialects, because you basically understand each other. We have do different dialects in Norway thateven people in Norway sometimes don't understand each other. And many would also say that Norwegian, Danish and Swedish is so similar that they could be dialects, but they're not. But the various English languages however, they ARE dialects 😁 You have some different words, but you basically understand each other 😉
I love this kind of conversation. In the US, there are regional differences. In the Northeast, we say sneakers, but in the South, for example, they call them tennis shoes, and you can hear tennies.
I imaging that there are many more regional differences in the UK. Joel and Lia are very London oriented as well as being very young so less experienced in terminology than older people.
Why do they call them tennis shoes? Are they playing tennis in them? It never made sense to me.
I've always called them tennies or tennie shoes , don't know why, tennis is popular too, I assume yes they are called that because of the sport.
I am Canadian and I feel quite picked on! (Lol). You both need to to visit Canada. We will go for some poutine!!
*Poutine is fabulous lol*
I felt exactly the same, it´s a backpack guys. I wonder what dictionary they are are using!
Get the poutine in Quebec I’m from Ontario but they have the best poutine and I’ve been to the uk
I am triggered over the last letter being "zed"
Exactly 😂 how is Zed a single letter when it's obviously 3? 🤣
The U.S. is the only place that calls it "Zee".
exactly that's a word not a letter!
dusty keele I never knew!
Indonesian pronounce the last letter of the alphabet */zed/*
I'm American and this is incorrect. We use beanie/hat and backpack/bookbag the I've never heard the words that you guys replaced for both of them. And our footwear (wear you exercise in) is called shoes or tennis-shoes. I hope this was useful I had to make an actual account to write this but I felt like this was needed. Thank you.
I concur
Rachel _1117 athletic footwear is also called sneakers in the US
I call them sneakers. I've never called them tennis shoes. You'd have to speak specifically for yourself, or even the area you're from. You can't speak for othr areas or "Americans", since all of our lingo isn't the same.
Just out of curiosity, Rucksack is the German word for backpack.
In Canada, tuque /tuːk/ is the common name for a knitted winter hat, or watch cap (sometimes called a beanie in other parts of the world); the spelling "touque", although not recognized by the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, is also sometimes seen in written English.[7] The Canadian-English term was assimilated from Canadian-French tuque. Toque first appeared in writing around 1870.[8][9][10]
The fashion is said to have originated with the coureurs de bois, French and Métis
fur traders, who kept their woollen nightcaps on for warmth during cold
winter days. Such hats are known in other English-speaking countries by
a variety of names, including beanie, watch cap or stocking cap; the terms tuque and toque are unique to Canada and northern areas of the United States close to the Canada-United States border.
In 2013, CBC Edmonton launched a poll to ask viewers how they
spelled the word. The options given were toque, tuque or touque. Nearly
6,500 people voted, with Edmontonians remaining divided on the issue.
I find ''Beanie'' funny because it makes me think about ''a little bean''. I would vote to write it Tuque or Touque since ''toque'' in french is a cooking Chef's hat....