Comments on: Ruckus http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/ruckus/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Monica http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/ruckus/comment-page-1/#comment-23294 Monica Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:39:07 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/07/ruckus/#comment-23294 I wonder if "ruckus" is from a dialect pronunciation of "raucous" - a raucous disturbance. I wonder if “ruckus” is from a dialect pronunciation of “raucous” – a raucous disturbance.

]]> By: Holger http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/ruckus/comment-page-1/#comment-450 Holger Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:54:54 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/07/ruckus/#comment-450 The modern German word for "back" is "Rücken", with an umlaut and (like all nouns in German) capitalized. But apparently, "Rucksack" was coined in a dialect where "Rucken" may have been used without the umlaut. And capitalization was not standardized back then, so your etymology is, of course, correct. Just for completeness... The modern German word for “back” is “Rücken”, with an umlaut and (like all nouns in German) capitalized. But apparently, “Rucksack” was coined in a dialect where “Rucken” may have been used without the umlaut. And capitalization was not standardized back then, so your etymology is, of course, correct.

Just for completeness…

]]> By: Tom Wolfe http://www.word-detective.com/2008/11/ruckus/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Tom Wolfe Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:21:53 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/2008/03/07/ruckus/#comment-298 "Rumpus" is also well known to a more recent group of people -- fans of the Coen brothers and their oevre of offbeat films. "What's the rumpus?" was a repeated catch-phrase in their gangster film "Miller's Crossing." “Rumpus” is also well known to a more recent group of people — fans of the Coen brothers and their oevre of offbeat films. “What’s the rumpus?” was a repeated catch-phrase in their gangster film “Miller’s Crossing.”

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