Baggage or luggage?

[Jeremy Falcon]

Luggage would refer to the actual suitcases, clickety[^]. You can buy luggage since it's the actual items. Luggage becomes baggage when you put stuff in it and use it to travel, clickety[^].

Jeremy Falcon

[Ravi Bhavnani]

Yes, there is a subtle difference, but it's mainly one of usage. At the airport you have:

• a baggage allowance (maximum number of bags you can carry for free)
• a baggage claim (where you pick up your baggage after landing)
• a lost luggage office (where you complain when you can't find your bags)
• a left luggage area (where you can keep your bags instead of lugging them around before you check in)

When you go to a store to buy a suitcase, you go to the luggage department. /ravi

My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

[9082365]

It would have to be a shaggage before it presented any problems, Shirley!

[CPallini]

Both of them better than marriage.

[Lost User]

Baffled, I am :omg:

Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

[OriginalGriff]

Well, I'm kinda hoping you are wearing it...:~ (And so is your mum)

Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

[Slacker007]

I, don't really want to know, either. :laugh:

[Eytukan]

You guys are just exposing your dirty laundry! :rolleyes:

Starting to think people post kid pics in their profiles because that was the last time they were cute - Jeremy.

[Forogar]

Barium is tastier, ...if you use enough ketchup!

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

[Member 11146494]

Technically all baggage is luggage, but not all luggage is baggage. Stuff you take with you that is not in a bag is luggage not baggage. Stuff in a suitcase is counted as baggage. Even if it is not a bag with a (one) suit in it. Though OTOH I wonder if it should be called suittage...