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Yeah, I called it packsack just now eh? Or a bag. Yeah, "Grab your bag, kids. Kids, grab your bag. Pa-- unpack your bags, kids." Yeah gr-- ah oh, we- and you know what? The kids need a new packsack. Back-sack- back-pack. Back-pack might be the back country you-know in the- back-pack, that's you-know when you do hiking in it. Yeah that's a- that's a word. |
A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack. |
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Interviewer: ... what would you call the bag that you put your books in to bring to school. Speaker: Well, in my days we didn't have a bag, we carried them under our arms. ... But, ah ah, backpack is what- the only thing I, ah- I've ever heard. Interviewer: Well, your- your children being the age they are now, have you ever heard your children refer, ah- 'cause I know their generation definitely would have had it- have you ever heard them refer to it as a packsack? Speaker: Ah, I've heard the word "packsack", we've always had that word here. ... Interviewer: 'Cause, I grew up talking- calling it that way and even to this day I still call it a packsack, so. Speaker: Yeah. Ah, packsack comes from ah, back in- in the days when ah, before the railway came in. ... And- and the p-- back, ah, b-- backsack, ah- that's how they moved all the material. |
A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack. |
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Speaker: Um, well I refer to it a-- as a backpack. ... Um, most of the people in my generation would usually call it that too. There are a few people that would call it a back-sack, or-something. Interviewer: A pack-sack? Speaker: Or yes, pack-sack right? yes I have heard back-sack. It's kind of funny. Interviewer: Wow, I haven't heard that one before. Speaker: No. That was the first time I've ever heard it, but really it's all mostly backpack. |
A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack. |
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Interviewer: What about like ah, for example Kelly's going to take her books to school. What would she put it in. Speaker: Oh yeah well that one- that one gets switched all the time. You've got a back-pack, a back-sack, and there's anoth-- Interviewer 2: Pack-sack. Speaker: And pack-sack. So sometimes because I take care of six other children you- you never know quite which one is going to come out of my mouth because I've used all three. Because it depends on what their family calls it. |
A bag or other container used to transport a bundle of goods; a rucksack. |