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JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 8 months agoI am an ESL teacher who is at war with the word rucksack. It is a gnomic word that blocks understanding. Backpack, a pack for the back. Is that a back pack? Why yes it is Ming! It is a bag on someone’s back! Is that a rucksack teacher? Fucked if I know, I have never seen a ruck nor would I know what kind of sack I would need for it.
Yes you are right, this prson should get a rucksack.
Faresh@lemmy.ml 8 months ago
A rucksack is a Sack on someone’s Rücken.
JamesStallion@sh.itjust.works 8 months ago
That’s what I get for refusing to google the etymology of things.