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Originally Posted by Aliantha
Same here Dana. If someone said they got a new purse, I'd be thinking about the thing they carry their money in.
If they said they got a new handbag, I'd be imagining the things people are talking about in this thread
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This is one of those things where I've been force to be bilingual. I never used purses in the UK (always wallets) so I feel stupidly girly calling it a purse. But if I say handbag, there seems to be only a 50/50 chance they'll know what I mean, so purse it is.