The first step towards the modern backpack and came from a man named Henry Merriam. His design fused the two most common designs of the era: the wood frame and the soft canvas rucksack. He called his design a knapsack and had it patented in 1878.

American and British English – Vocabulary – A – M

The word “rucksack” is derived from the German, “der rücken,” meaning “the back.” A rucksack is a pack often used for camping or hiking, and a good one can be crafted of durable waxed canvas or technical material.

Word Origin for rucksack C19: from German, literally: back sack.

Moneybag and packsack were used prior, and now occur mainly as regionalisms. In fact, Britons used to call Alpine-style backpacks “Bergen rucksacks”, maybe from the name of their creator, Norwegian Ole F. Bergan, combined with the name of the Norwegian city of Bergen.

British people speak English and backpack is an English word so we use backpack. Occasionally, you hear older people refer to them as rucksacks but that’s becoming rarer and rarer. We call them backpacks. in the real olden days napsacks or haversacks, but in the 21st century they’re backpacks.

“Yous” is a dialect variation. No British people use “y’all”.

The Differences Between British And American Terms

In the United States, I’m not sure most people would even know what a “rucksack” is. The most common word here is “backpack,” but there is also “bookbag” or “knapsack,” though knapsack is becoming rather outdated.

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The first name Lorry is ♀ female and ♂ male.

Lorry’ is used throughout the UK. It came in from an older form of English meaning ‘to pull’ and was first applied to ‘trucks’ on the railway. As more trucks took to the road rather than rail and each truck was independent, ‘lorry’ came to refer to those things ‘pulled’ by an engine in front.

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‘Glovebox’ maybe creeping in, but most Brits would call the small stowage compartment in the passenger side of the dashboard a glove compartment.