Coder wrote: ↑Sat Mar 30, 2024 3:54 am
Today after work I had to run some errands, and at one place the cashier shouted at me "I love your purse". I was a bit taken aback, and she apologized when she realized she had left me speechless. Obviously I told her not to worry, and continued my shopping. While I don't care what people call it, I bristle a bit at the word "purse" and always refer to it as a "bag", which is a terrible copout. My skirt for the day lacked pockets, which is always a shame.
That is a great bag which shouts for attention. I am not surprised that the cashier offered a positive opinion on it. I think you like interesting items such as your watches and it shows great character to wear them. I think a small part of you is beginning to like the attention. Also I would guess that the same comment would have been made if a woman had showed up with the same bag?
As for terminology, I started out looking for a bag I could carry to fix my lacking of pockets. Along the way I have realised, from comments in this thread and more thought, that a bag you carry in your hand or hang from your shoulder is just a bag! The difference between a brief case, satchel, messenger bag, computer bag, etc is just size and number of sections. They are all either hand bags or shoulder bags depending on carrying method and handle length. Once you have the engineering bit of what you need the bag to carry and how to pick it up, you then move onto colour, style, decoration etc. Your bag is a shoulder bag in the shape of a piece of toast with a fried egg sunny side up. It is fun and used to carry what ever a human needs to carry.
The word "purse" is interesting. In the UK a purse is a small bag, most have no handles or strap. As a boy, I was given a purse to hold coins I was given as pocket money. Your toast and egg bag would be towards the top end or a large purse in my terminology UK wise. However I know you guys call trousers "pants" where we reserve the word "pants" for what you wear under your skirt or trousers. So I wonder if I am missing a US/UK language change?
Daily, a happy man in a skirt...