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To: ohioWfan

Maybe it's an age thing! As well as east coast!

105 posted on 06/21/2005 6:48:00 PM PDT by maica (Do not believe the garbage the media is feeding you back home. ---Allegra (in Iraq))

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To: maica

Could be. As a Nelson Eddy/Jeanette MacDonald fan, I know the dialogue in most of their movies.

In Rose Marie (1937), Jeanette calls her purse a pocketbook, and her wallet, a purse.

Could be just an old term that's still hanging around.

116 posted on 06/21/2005 6:54:50 PM PDT by ohioWfan ("If My people, which are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray.....")

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To: maica; ohioWfan

I'm from New England .. and it was always pocketbook there.

146 posted on 06/21/2005 7:22:04 PM PDT by STARWISE ( You get the govt. you deserve. CALL YOUR CONGRESS CRITTERS OFTEN -U.S. CONGRESS: 1-877-762-8762)

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