Talk:Backpack
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possible COPYRIGHT infringement !!! see: http://www.wordiq.com/cgi-bin/knowledge/lookup.cgi?title=Backpack
- Yes, we know they have stolen our page, as well as most of the rest of wikipedia, without attribution. See Wikipedia:Sites that use Wikipedia for content#wordIQ. We've asked them to stop. Morwen 00:01, Jan 9, 2004 (UTC)
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- Sorry! 82.82.120.245 00:02, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
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- No problem - better safe than sorry.... Morwen 00:04, Jan 9, 2004 (UTC)
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[edit] Merge
I'm all for it, as long as someone can figure out how to deal with the issue of Knapsack (band). I know there's a newfangled way to do it cleanly. --Smack (talk) 04:07, 13 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Protection
A good backpack should be made of material that protect from water and wind?
- Not really. As far as water goes, it's better to have an external waterproof pack cover. First, it's hard to make a single-layer material light, sturdy and waterproof at the same time. Second, if you have a pack cover, you can leave it at home if you know it's not going to rain (yes, that is actually possible in some parts of the country). As far as wind goes, why does it matter? --Smack (talk) 04:29, 14 December 2005 (UTC)
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- Most modern backpacks have a certain water resistancy (although the diminishes over the years). Lightweight plastic covers are a good idea. They have the added beniefit you can use it to sit on wet grass; and imporvise a waterproof nightcover for your pack if you are camping without tent (or a very small one) Arnoutf 19:48, 7 August 2006 (UTC)
the correct german word for back is not rücke BUT rücken
[edit] School
This article doesn't mention its use by schoolchildren, one of its most common uses. - Mmace91 04:03, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Well just add it. Arnoutf 12:30, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Rucksack
>The British created the names rucksack (a German loanword - 'rücken' being the bodypart 'back'),
can anybody verify this? because the word "Sack" also meand "bag" in german, so it seems more like a word that ist completly german in origin. (and dropping some letters or changing them ü->u is not very uncommon in german words) Elvis 12:52, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
- I thikn the intention was that the whole word was a loanword from the German word Rucksack. But that the German is just the same as the English Back-Ruck Pack-Sack. Arnoutf 13:44, 25 January 2007 (UTC)
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- Hi there, the word "rucksack" is a typical german word construction made of two different words combined to another meaning. A "sack" is in german the same as in english - something to put things into it. "ruck" comes not from the german word "Rücken" wich is "back" in english. "ruck" in the word "rucksack" comes from the german word "Ruck", wich means to move or lift something with a fast strong and powerfull motion. "Rucksack" is a sack that you have to lift with an "Ruck" to your back, and so this word has a complete german origin. Sorry for my english, and greetings from Germany, Volker
