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Is it a purse or a handbag?? [32 vote(s)]

Handbag!
34.4%
Purse!
59.4%
Something else - See response
6.3%
jacL


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I am from the Midwest and grew up saying "purse."  Then I got a job working a department store handbag counter and they were adamant about saying "handbag," so now it is that or "bag" for me.  Sounds nicer, I guess. 

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wicked


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zeitgeist4 wrote:

I use bag or handbag. And for a really tacky or pleather bag I use the word purse, just to differentiate.


That cracks me up!


I say purse when talking about myself "my keys are in my purse" and I say bag when talking about other people "I like that woman's bag."



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Handbag !

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I say handbag! My mom says pocket book too!

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I just realized - I do the same thing - MY purse, someone else's bag!

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Another New Yorker originally here...and it's a "pocketbook", or "bag" to me.

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I refer to mine as a purse, but I will switch to handbag or bag if it's a better quality item. Some luxury brands just sounds funny with the word purse behind them. But in the morning when I'm racing around the house, it's my purse that I can not find. I've never asked my husband to help me find my handbag!


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shopaholic


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i always say bag...but sometimes handbag...


i hate thinking of it as a purse b/c it makes me feel like my grandma's purse, or just something really old...


im wierd, im sorry...



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I say purse for something small, and handbag or bag for something large.

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I mostly say purse.  A handbag to me is something you can only carry with your hand because the handle is to short to wear on your shoulder.

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shopaholic wrote:


i always say bag...but sometimes handbag...


i hate thinking of it as a purse b/c it makes me feel like my grandma's purse, or just something really old...


im wierd, im sorry...



I feel the same but rarely say "handbag"... just "bag." I'm in Cali in case anyone is trying to see if it's regional.

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Kitty


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I think I switch between "bag" and "purse" depending on what I'm saying and who I'm talking to.



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calichic


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I call them "purses" or "bags" and only use "handbag" in reference to bags/purses that you actually carry in your hand.

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Suasoria


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It's nearly always "purse." I was born and raised in So Cal and the only people I hear saying "bag" are originally from the midwest. (And it sounds like "baig.")


The word "handbag" cracks me up. I can't help thinking "handbasket," like "going to h-ll in a handbasket." Just me? Yeah, I guess so.


To me a "bag" is generally a tote or carryall of some sort - like baggage, only smaller.


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I say purse (grew up and live in the midwest) and handbag, but mostly purse.

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