>Interesting (to me) that Mike goes for Kerchief whereas you and the Doc go 
>for Headscarf, which would also have been my first answer; another case of 
>two languages forever separate?

In the USA kerchiefs were mass produced with a typical western print
pattern (in white), mostly in two variations, red and blue thin cotton 
cloth.
Typical women's head-scarves are usually made of much finer materials.
A number of years back kerchiefs came into style among inner-city
gang members as way to mark their membership in a gang, and soon
after most schools banned wearing kerchiefs as being "gang colors".
Since then I haven't seen many for sale. The cartoon lacks the print
that would identify the scarf as a kerchief. Also jewish tradition has
women wear head-scarves, so it might be a subtle visual clue that she
is somehow "serious". I would tend to think that the choice of
wording between "head-scarf" and "kerchief" is probably more of
an age thing than a language thing.

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