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Originally Posted by nikki1920
My linguistics class was the most interesting class I've ever taken, bar none.
As the only black student in the class, I did my paper on Black English Dialect, AKA Ebonics. I got a B+ (because I went 10 pages over the limit).. lol.
It is definitely interesting to learn about how we talk geographically.
My dad who is from Southern Maryland calls all purses "pockabooks" too. My mom, from Alabama, calls them "pockabooks" and "purses". Purses are what she takes to work or church. Pocketbooks are what she takes to other places.
I carry a purse.
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i always thought "pockabook" was just how we said it in our family! lol
my mom always said a pockabook was to "take care of business" and a purse was to go be cute in... to just take your essentials for the night.