Just curious -- what you call the "pack" on your back:

[hyphenate]

Does this vary according to generation, or location? I can't specify too many options other than the "name" but it would be interesting to see what most people call it.

Just a random pic from the web:

[flvegan]

1. Depends which one. Could be Camelback or backpack.

[malta blue]

4. very true ...

I will refer to the camelback as such all the time. The other pack is a backpack.

[bigwillq]

2. Book bag or back pack

Whatever I feel like that day.

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Rucksack?

Knapsack for the small, every day frameless variety. Backpack for the frame one I take on overnight hikes.

[ghostsofgiants]

5. Backpack or bookbag. I use both about the same.

[Fran Kubelik]

6. I call mine a backpack

[Roon]

7. vallery! vallera!

vallery! vallera ha ha ha...with a knap sack on my back! I googled the lyrics to this song but couldn't find it...

[Gormy Cuss]

8. The Happy Wanderer

I love to go awandering
Along the mountain track
And when I go, I love to sing
My knapsack on my back

Valderee, valderah,
Valderee, valderah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,
Valderee, valderah,
My knapsack on my back

I love to wander by the stream
That dances in the sun
So joyously, it calls to me
Come join my happy song

Valderee, valderah,
Valderee, valderah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,
Valderee, valderah,
Come join my happy song

Overhead, the skylarks wing
They never rest at home
But just like me, they love to sing
As o'er the world we roam

Valderee, valderah,
Valderee, valderah-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha,
Valderee, valderah,
As o'er the world we roam

[Roon]

11. Cool!

Thanks for the info. I guess knowing the title of the song helps!

[hyphenate]

9. We've always called them

knapsacks. :shrug: I don't know why, we just do. Camelback is a new one to me.

[muriel_volestrangler]

10. 'Camelback' is just the water carrier, to me

the rest would be a ruc(k)sac(k).

[bertha katzenengel]

12. Bag.

[hobbit709]

13. "What hump?"

[yellowdogintexas]

14. I am SO glad I wasn't drinking anything

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