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[Double-D]

I was listening to QVC Plus this morning as I was getting ready for work.  It was a Dooney & Bourke show.  The host kept referring to the handbags as "she" & "her"!!  The more I listened, that's all I heard.

Since when have handbags become a gender?  Are all handbags female or is it just Dooney & Bourke??!!  I may have to rearrange my closet so they it will become co-ed!!

[KingstonsMom]

Ships are always referred to as 'she' too.

[Sweet_Serenity]

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@Double-D wrote:

I was listening to QVC Plus this morning as I was getting ready for work.  It was a Dooney & Bourke show.  The host kept referring to the handbags as "she" & "her"!!  The more I listened, that's all I heard.

Since when have handbags become a gender?  Are all handbags female or is it just Dooney & Bourke??!!  I may have to rearrange my closet so they it will become co-ed!!

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Bizarre! But then so are many expressions now. 💁

[Vivian]

In French, the word for handbag is masculine, le sac or le sac à main. As far as I know, English nouns have no gender, so referring to a handbag with the pronoun "she" makes no sense.

[QueenDanceALot]

I have noticed that some of the clothing vendors refer to their items as "her" and "she" as well.

Just some goofy thing that caught on at QVC I guess.

[Mindy2]

Hi! Most Dooney Bags are named after Ladies names, so that may be why they refer to them as she or her?

[faeriemoon]

Most likely, some ditzy host decided it would be cute to do this, and so it stuck.

[maestra]

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@Double-D wrote:

I was listening to QVC Plus this morning as I was getting ready for work.  It was a Dooney & Bourke show.  The host kept referring to the handbags as "she" & "her"!!  The more I listened, that's all I heard.

Since when have handbags become a gender?  Are all handbags female or is it just Dooney & Bourke??!!  I may have to rearrange my closet so they it will become co-ed!!

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on the handbag forum the posters use 'she' as well.

[makena]

Don't really think it requires an education.  It's just a reference.

[travelin grandma]

I heard Shawn say "her" or "she" a couple of years ago and thought it was strange.  I guess it's a Shawnism that has spread and I think it's silly.