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Packsack

Parf of speech: Noun, OED Year: 1851, OED Evaluation: North American

A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack.

ExampleMeaning
Yeah like what do you say? Do you say backpack or packsack or, you-know, what do you say?
Knapsack
And another one is backpack or packsack or you-know stuff-like-that I've- I've always said backpack you-know whereas some people in northern Ontario would swear that it's packsack or you-know or-something-like-that yeah.
Knapsack
And another one is backpack or packsack or you-know stuff-like-that I've- I've always said backpack you-know whereas some people in northern Ontario would swear that it's packsack or you-know or-something-like-that yeah.
Knapsack
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Interviewer: Like I know that we call- up here we tend to call bags packsacks right? Whereas down south they call it a back-pack.Speaker: Packsack. Yeah packsack 'cause ah (coughs) yeah th-- Interviewer: It's when Northern-Ontario. Speaker: Packsack because um the guys prospecting had a big packsack. Interviewer: Yup. Speaker: Yeah, and they call it back-pack.
Knapsack
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Now I- Kyle calls it, I think, a back-pack. I call them packsacks.
Knapsack
Um when I was younger I used to call it a school-bag, but now it's, like, a packsack.
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I find that back-packs are bigger. I just call that like a packsack or a knap-sack.
Knapsack
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Interviewer: So about this object here, what would you call this? Speaker: Packsack? Interviewer: Right. Speaker: What do they call it? Interviewer: They call it a backpack. Speaker: Oh. Interviewer: In Southern-Ontario. Speaker: Okay. Interviewer: Northern-Ontario is the only place they call it a packsack right? Speaker: Okay. Interviewer: A lot of people (inc). Speaker: I didn't know that!Interviewer: A lot of people don't realize that. That we say packsack and no one else does. Speaker: Oh that's interesting yeah. Interviewer: (inc) North-Bay, they say packsack yeah. Speaker: Funny.
Knapsack
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, because people get so pissed at you 'cause your packsack takes up space. They start punching your bag and
Knapsack
Interviewer: What about in terms of English? Speaker: Um the English versus the French, the slang terms? Interviewer: The slang terms in Northern-Ontario compared to Southern-Ontario. Speaker: Um the backpack-packsack thing? (laughs). Yeah. Well, I noticed hoodie and sweatshirt. Some people were confused by that. I don't know if everyone would be, but I think some people were.
Knapsack
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Interviewer: My generation and my father's generation ah have always known it as a packsack. And if you go to North-Bay, if you go to Sudbury- Speaker: You call it a packsack? Interviewer: I've always called it a packsack, my entire my life...
Knapsack
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Um I guess we do have certain, like, sayings or whatever. Like, I-don't-know, I guess most people say it's like, you-know, "May-Two-Four" or n-- um what else? Packsack- (inc) a few words, I guess. I-don't-know, maybe, we pronounce couple of words differently. Maybe we say, "Eh?" more, I'm not sure.
Knapsack
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Interviewer: Okay. He may pronounce it- he may say it different actually but what would you call that item over there? Speaker: A packsack? Interviewer: Yes. That's the big one.
Knapsack
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Speaker: ...I-don't-know, school-bag? Interview: Or packsack? Speaker: Packsack? Interviewer: Do you not call it a packsack? Speaker: No. Interviewer: Like almost everyone in Northern-Ontario calls it a packsack. Speaker: I don't call it a packsack. Interviewer: Even all your siblings call it a packsack. Speaker: A packsack? Okay. We call it a packsack but I don't- Interviewer: That's a Northern-Ontario thing. Speaker: Really? Interviewer: Northern-Ontarios say packsack and Southern-Ontario people do not.
Knapsack
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Sudbury might, too. But then you hit, like, Barrie and you say, "a packsack" and people are like, "What are you talking about? Oh, a backpack."
Knapsack
Thing's we're a little friendlier, too. Um I don't know, we have words like, I don't know, like packsack. If I say, "a packsack," you'll understand what I'm saying.
Knapsack
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Interviewer: Whereas you- this- this object here, what would you call this object? Speaker: Call that? Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: A packsack. Interviewer: Right. And only people in Northern-Ontario would call it a packsack. Speaker: Yeah. Interviewer: People in Southern-Ontario would call it a backpack.
Knapsack
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Interviewer: ...what about- well then we're gonna say that oh northern Ontario versus southern Ontario, do you find we, northern Ontario, speak differently than people in southern Ontario? Speaker: Yeah, when it comes to the backpack and packsack.
Knapsack
Interviewer: You call that thing a fucking backpack? Speaker: Yeah. I call packsack more though. Interviewer: Yeah, you been spending too much time down south there. Speaker: I know, I know, I know my brother's- calls them backpack 'cause he's lived down there so he- I say- I say backpack rarely. But I call then packsacks. Interviewer: Yeah everyone calls them packsacks (inc) Timmins. Speaker: Yeah, I know- I was actually- I was actually thinking that. My brother had said that. He's like "Hey can you grab me my ah packsack?" And the guys are like- in Toronto were like "Your what?" I'm like "My packsack. Right there." He's like "You mean your backpack?" Like "No what you just said was weird." (laughs).
Knapsack
ExampleMeaning
Interviewer: What would you call that object over there? Speaker: A back-pack? Packsack?
Knapsack