Noncho

Please do not call it a poncho. This is an asymmetrical shawl. At least that's what my friend in Chicago told me when she proudly showed me her first knitted creation.

"So, that's not a poncho?" I asked, trying not to burst out laughing.
"No, it's an asymmetrical shawl," she replied. "I don't like the word poncho."
"I see - so it's a Non-cho?" I snarked. "I get it."
"No! It's a shawl," she cried. I nodded, she smiled and started to walk away.

"Whatever Non-cho."