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Root Beer such as A&W and Ginger Beer are a bit different. Root Beer was originally made from the root of the Sassafras plant. Ginger Beer is different from Ginger Ale as it sweeter and has more bite than the ale. Root Beer is sweeter than Ginger Beer and has little if any bite.
When I was a child I could buy candied ginger at the chinese restaurant. They say it settles the stomach after a meal. It well may be true, yet it is sweet to the tongue while hot and spicy to the back of the palate. Clove or Cinnamon gum leaves a smilier sensation that it not quite as strong.
Did you know that "Sassafras oil and safrole have been banned for use as a drug and as flavors and food additives by the FDA because of their carcinogenic potential. However, their use and sale persist throughout the US." Sassafras Uses, Benefits & Side Effects - Drugs.com Herbal Database
Rucksack and knapsack would be recognised, but the connotation would be that they were for hiking. They also sound a little Famous Five-y.
True, particularly the Famous Five connotation, but "day pack" seems to be far more commonly used for a small back pack used for short distance hiking - at least within the outdoors clubs I've been involved in.
You would be understood if you used rucksack or knapsack but it would probably prompt a "where are they from" reaction.
In colloquial Australian you'd call that a backpack. Notice that's an English company? We're not unfamiliar with the words (thanks, Enid! Have a bottle of lemonade on me!) but we don't use them ourselves. So we assign a meaning based on where we heard them, which is in Cornwall, catching smugglers.
There is a US cookbook titled "Fanny Farmer" and there used to be a candy brand with the same name.
Would these be humorous gift items in AU/NZ?
Oops - cook book title is actually "Fannie Farmer"
No, Fanny was a common girl's name at one point (go Enid! One of the Faraway tree kids was Fanny, wasn't she? I'd google but I don't want the ads I'd get afterwards) and gets a bit of a smirk, but isn't as bad as using it to refer to a body part.
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Enid has a lot to answer for.
