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Message board > Satchel, schoolbag, backpack, bagpack ????????
Satchel, schoolbag, backpack, bagpack ????????
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Olindalima ( F )
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Satchel, schoolbag, backpack, bagpack ????????
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Hi dear friends
What would you call it ? Does the word " bagpack " exist? I tried to look for it in a few dictionaries, but it seems to be nowhere, except in my students � book. Could you enlighten me, is it used in any of the English speaking countries?
Thanks in advance.
Hugs
Linda
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15 Oct 2012
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ascincoquinas
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Hi Olinda! I was taught the word "rucksack". Hope this helps. |
15 Oct 2012
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Olindalima ( F )
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Hi
Yes, I forgot about that; my problem, now, is to be sure about the last word, that " bagpack " I never heard about and I can �t find it. Not sure if that may be a misspelling of "backpack " or if it is a word I didn �t know. Anyway, thanks a lot, my friend
Linda |
15 Oct 2012
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millmo
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I say school bag, satchel is very old fashioned and is a very formal school bag a bit like a briefcase, back pack and ruck sack are more like a bag used for walking/camping (in the UK, not sure about in the US) and backbag does not exist!
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15 Oct 2012
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yanogator
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In the US, "rucksack" is for hiking, not for books. I agree that satchel is old-fashioned. If it �s carried on the back, it �s a backpack. If not, it �s a bookbag. I don �t think "bagpack" exists.
Your picture is of a bookbag, since it �s not carried on the back.
Bruce |
15 Oct 2012
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Olindalima ( F )
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Thanks to all and each one of you.
Yes, Bruce, I used rucksack for hiking, satchel was what I learned, but it was in the old sixthies, lol, bookbag I didn �t know,  ; thanks for telling me that bagpack doesn �t exist.
Anyway, I �d say my picture is a backpack, cause I can see two straps, right, or am I imagining things? 
It �s fine, all I was about to know was about that cute / new word bagpack, which appears in a crossword ( in the teacher �s book key ).
Thanks a bunch, you all. Have a nice week.
Linda
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15 Oct 2012
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joannaamoch1983
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I �m English and I �ve always said backpack or just Bag for short :)
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15 Oct 2012
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yanogator
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Linda, the straps look like a large handle to me, rather than straps for a backpack. I could very well be wrong about that, though. Bruce |
15 Oct 2012
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manonski (f)
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Could it be a messenger bag? The kind postmen use? It �s not carried in the back but it could be carried across your body.
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15 Oct 2012
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