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"The words anorak and parka have been used interchangeably"
By whom? As the article explains, these aren't the same type of jacket at all! This needs to be corrected. Anorak (also known as windbreaker) needs its own article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 46.253.186.62 (talk) 19:32, 21 January 2019 (UTC)
It's funny to me there isn't much in this article about how this is a common current item of clothing in cold places. There is a lot of talk of specific trends in the UK, but in colder parts of Canada this is just what everyone wears for most of the year, every year, because it's cold.
"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 )
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)
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.
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, shouldn't it be removed?
The OED gives the origin of parka as "Nenets" via Russian. Is that the same thing?
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)
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 =)
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)
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)
This thing is a mess! Why are there two separate articles on this one page? In addition, I tried editing here and found myself editing in a completely different article, Amauti. That does not belong here, considering it is already an article on WP.~©Djathinkimacowboy 00:42, 21 October 2012 (UTC)
Historically, these various articles were all stubs and couldn't survive on their own. They have since developed a bit. If somebody wanted to develop them as separate articles, with proper references then by all means do so but it would probably mean a differentiation page to separate Anorak, Parka, Amauti and Cagoule or will cause a lot of confusion. I don't think many people are clear about the differences. Ex nihil (talk) 02:57, 14 December 2016 (UTC)
The word "parka" is from Nenets, an Uralic language: Nenets Languages. The article is misleading and clearly contradicts other wikipedia articles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.75.162.157 (talk) 10:38, 21 December 2012 (UTC)
The M-51 (or M-1951) Fishtail Parka does of course has a sewn on hood, which does of course NOT "fold into the collar when not in use". If you use the hood, it's over the helmet or head, if you do not use the hood, it lies flat on your back.
I agree with one of the previous writers here, the article should be split in at least two sections. Parkas and Anoraks are really so different that at least the (Fishtail-) Parka deserves a section for itself. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mike Augusto (talk • contribs) 15:34, 26 May 2013 (UTC)
The result of the proposal was move per request. As noted, this does not appear to be an ENGVAR issue, but simply one of commonality, with the article mostly focusing on the more general item described by the title parka.--Fuhghettaboutit (talk) 11:26, 13 December 2013 (UTC)
Anorak → Parka – Most commonly used name in reliable English language literature sources. See Google Search results for Parka coat (6.38 million) vs. Google Search results for Anorak coat (2.96 million). See Goggle Books Search results for Parka (656,000) vs. Google Books Search results for Anorak (136,000). See Google Scholar Search results for Parka (36,900) vs. Google Scholar Search for Anorak (11,800). See Google News Archive Search results for Parka (27,800) vs. Google News Archive Search results for Anorak (1,140). Mercy11 (talk) 19:13, 6 December 2013 (UTC)
The long, detailed, and quite often simply incorrect section on the US military "fishtail" parkas is such a perfect example of "anorak" geekistry that one can't tell if it is serious, or an intentionally self-mocking example of obsessive nit-picking collection of minutiae. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.152.117.19 (talk) 00:10, 30 September 2014 (UTC)
Here's my anorak nitpick... the article says "In some versions, when rolled up, the hood doubles as a bag into which the rest of the coat is pushed." Nonsense! The typical cagoule packed into the square pocket sewn into the front of the garment or a side-pocket, hence the name 'pac-a-mac'. Stub Mandrel (talk) 00:49, 13 August 2017 (UTC)
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