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[edit] 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

[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] "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).