Anorak?

[Mark Clark <clarkm@OIT.EDU>]

  After several years of reading British Magazines like Practical Classic
and Classic & Sports car, I am now only puzzled by one word: Anorak.  Now,
I know it's a garment of some sort, a coat I presume, but it's the cultural
context I'm missing here.  Would one of our friends across the pond please
fill me in on what the stereotype is about people who wear Anoraks, and
why?  Thanks!

Mark


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Dr. Mark Clark
Oregon Institute of Technology