Toboggan

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Toboggan

denfer

Toboggan

Hello everybody,

can a water slide be also called a toboggan ? Or are toboggans connected only with snow ?

Thank you

Denisa

14 Sep 2010

franknbea

Hi Denisa,

There are no rules saying you can �t call a water slide a toboggan but it is definitely more connected with snow or even a dry slope rather than water.

14 Sep 2010

denfer

Thank you :-)

14 Sep 2010

Zora

As a Canadian, where the word originated, I will say that "water slides" are not "toboggans". A "toboggan" is a sled, not a slide... or that is how it is used from where I am from.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/toboggan

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/toboggan

14 Sep 2010

denfer

Thank you Linda :-)

14 Sep 2010