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Re: WW/RR/DI cap style name?
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lugnet.general
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Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:01:53 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Paul Ferguson writes:
> I see that Todd has adopted "kepi" as the term for this hat
> in Auczilla XIV, so I suppose that's now our standard term.
> Left to my own preferences, I would have used "forage cap",
> which is the common term in use for the ones from the
> American Civil War era, where the flat round top is inclined
> downward towards the brim.
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> Although "kepi" is an acceptable term for this, I think it's
> more commonly used for the French cap that looks like a simple
> short cylinder with a brim on the front, worn by French officers
> and police. Think of Claude Raines in "Casablanca", or all of
> those classic French Foreign Legionaires, except that their
> kepis have the cloth at the back to protect the neck from
> the blazing desert sun.
Hmm, is "forage cap" technically more correct? Which would be the all-around
best of the choices below?--
Kepi Cap
Kepi Forage Cap
Kepi/Forage Cap
Forage/Kepi Cap
Is a Kepi cap not inclined downard[1] toward the brim.
--Todd
[1] somehow "declined toward" doesn't make sense. :-)
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| I see that Todd has adopted "kepi" as the term for this hat in Auczilla XIV, so I suppose that's now our standard term. Left to my own preferences, I would have used "forage cap", which is the common term in use for the ones from the American Civil (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-00, to lugnet.general)
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