Talk:Anorak

"Underneath the anorak the Inuit wear warm clothes." Well, this is really essential information. I'd never have guessed that. --KF 17:37 Dec 4, 2002 (UTC)

I believe this information should be added: In the rest of the word, as in Interlingua, anorak is the most common word. (I am not 100% sure, but I found Anorak in an Interlingua dictionary. www.interlingua.com )

Traditional or Modern?

Hey, I'm in Northern Manitoba... Would you like a picture of a traditional Inuit Anorak, Modern Parka, or both? I'll get my Photography class working on it... and a great many other things. Weaponofmassinstruction 02:03, 31 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Both would be ideal! But it probably won't be too hard to find a photo of a modern parka on the Web (or take one in a suitably cold city) while a traditional Inuit parka will be much harder. --Andrew 19:08, Mar 6, 2005 (UTC)

'fun fur'?

What the devil is 'fun fur'?

fun fur is fake fur, at least here in ny

and please do post the photos of modern parkas. it isn´t easy to find many photos online actually.

Shell suits

Whenever I hear on British TV or film shell suit I wonder if there's a connection with parkas and anoraks - is there? — Hippietrail 17:47, 17 January 2006 (UTC)

www.anorak.co.uk has nothing to do with clothing

www.anorak.co.uk has nothing to do with clothing, shouldn't it be removed?

Shouldn't what be removed? The website or the clothing? (Sorry, irresistable impulse!) --SSBohio 17:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

Aleut?

The OED gives the origin of parka as "Nenets" via Russian. Is that the same thing?

Germany?

What's the deal with the little German flags a lot of these coats have stitched on the shoulder? Bastie 17:38, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Before the German army introduced camo uniforms (ca. 1990), they had olive drab uniforms with parkas in the same colour. All shirts, jackets and also parkas had flags sewed to the upper part of the sleeves. In the 1980s, the Bundeswehr parka was fashionable - I had one too. Soon, cheap copies not according to mil spec appeared on the market. What you have seen are probably such copies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.94.222.6 (talk) 22:59, 18 January 2010 (UTC)

Anorak as the modern extremal wind/waterproof jacket of choice

speaking of russian, while the word "parka" is largely unknown here, "anorak" does refer to the garment in its original form, still immensely popular with alpinists, kayakers and regular tourists. Nothing in the article on modern specialized versions. I've heard that there's no "tourism" as we know it in the western world, though =)

Merge in Snorkel & Fishtail Parkas

I disagree with this suggestion. Whilst the original eskino "anorak" may have resembled a Snorkel Parka, the modern usage of anorak describes a broad range of waterproof jacket, both with an without a hood. Americans use the word "parka" rather than anorak to mean any waterproof jacket, but in Europe "parka" and "anorak" mean distinctly different types of jacket. Mention a parka to anybody in Europe and most would think of a snorkel parka, mention "anorak" to them and many would think of the hoodless nylon waterproof jackets popular in the 70s and 80s. Snorkel Parka and Anorak should not be merged. 77.89.139.202 (talk) 22:23, 21 February 2008 (UTC)

• Merge, Parka, Anorak, Fishtail parka and Snorkel parka. As a purist I would actually like to see Parka and Anorak seperated as they are entirely different concepts and have wildly differeent historical origins but I realise that all of these terms are now so confused and interchangeable the only way to make sense of them is to put them all together and make the differences clear there in one place. Ex nihil (talk) 00:35, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
  • On closer inspection I realise that much of the text in Snorkel and Fishtail are duplicated almost verbatim in Anorak, which is not a good situation. I suggest that, since both these articles are stubs anyway, they be merged and only seperated into articles if and when the sections contain enough unique material to warant it. Ex nihil (talk) 00:55, 23 September 2008 (UTC)
• Split Anorak and Parka, they are distinct and having them in a single article is confusing. --Lysy^talk 09:55, 4 November 2009 (UTC)

Waterproof

If the fishtail parka was not meant to be waterproof (as stated in the article) then why was it treated with 'Quarpel' a waterproofing treatment? Washing labels inside some garments clearly state this and provide instructions for washing Quarpel treated garments. They might not be 'waterproof', but at some point there was an effort to make them 'water-resistant'. Stephenjh (talk) 11:48, 18 November 2010 (UTC)