Brigitte Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I say shopping cart (or just cart), but everyone in this area, southwest VA, calls it a buggy. Just one more way they know I am a foreigner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabelen Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I am a past trolley user (UK). I became a cart user in the Mid Atlantic region, I believe they are still called carts here in So Cal... I had no idea they were called by other names in diferent areas in the US! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 When I'm pushing it, it's a cart. When DH is pushing it, it's a buggy. When the DC are pushing it, it's a menace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I call it a grocery cart... I had to be difficult because shopping cart is just not right LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wy_kid_wrangler04 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Cart, although sometimes the dds whine and beg for a "car cart", which I dislike because it's hard to steer! J Oh me too! Those things turn worse than tanks! Now they have them with tv's in them..... good grief, guess it keeps kids occupied right??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn in OH Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Shopping cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MariannNOVA Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 shopping cart, but when I lived in florida, it was called a buggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nd293 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 We use shopping trolleys (or just trolleys) in South Africa. I understand shoppping cart, but have never heard buggy or wagon. In Britian a buggy is a pushchair/pram/stroller (and there's another word that might need further analysis). And while we're on the subject of trolley trivia - in South Africa shopping carts are easy to push, but when we moved to the Middle East, and later to Australia, we found that they always went sideways. This requires fairly complex co-ordination to get them to go where you want them too, and if you're on a slope, you're in real trouble. A friend with a more analytical mind than mine says it's because in South Africa only the front 2 wheels swivel, whereas in Australia all 4 wheels swivel. Fascinating stuff :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 We use shopping trolleys (or just trolleys) in South Africa. I understand shoppping cart, but have never heard buggy or wagon. In Britian a buggy is a pushchair/pram/stroller (and there's another word that might need further analysis). And while we're on the subject of trolley trivia - in South Africa shopping carts are easy to push, but when we moved to the Middle East, and later to Australia, we found that they always went sideways. This requires fairly complex co-ordination to get them to go where you want them too, and if you're on a slope, you're in real trouble. A friend with a more analytical mind than mine says it's because in South Africa only the front 2 wheels swivel, whereas in Australia all 4 wheels swivel. Fascinating stuff :001_smile: Ah you see, South Africa and New Zealand are obviously sensible countries who choose a far superior trolley to the Australian models, which do indeed travel sideways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiopianFood Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LibraryLover Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Cloth or string bags? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlbuchina Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I call it a grocery cart... I had to be difficult because shopping cart is just not right LOL Well, that depends on if you are at a Super(insert store name here). You can get your electronics, car accessories, underclothes, shoes and milk and eggs all at the same time! That's what I call shopping! LOL :lol: Oh, and it's a buggy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I am from the South and for my little area, it is a cart or a shopping cart. A buggy generally follows a horse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 (edited) I call it a trolley :lol: Shopping cart would also be understood. Buggies and wagons are both horse-drawn vehicles to me. Another year or two on this forum and I'll be able to talk American if I ever get to go there :D Edited May 11, 2010 by Hotdrink Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgilli3 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I have always called it a trolley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Ah you see, South Africa and New Zealand are obviously sensible countries who choose a far superior trolley to the Australian models, which do indeed travel sideways. You will need to squash that into a heavily locked partition in your mind before they'll give you citizenship, you know. :toetap05: ;) Rosie- Expert trolley pusher. It requires manouvering room that supermarkets and car parks don't have though. P.S One of you needs to import these superior contraptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peela Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Shopping trolly is a common term used here in Australia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa in Australia Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 We call it a shopping trolley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3peasinapod Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 We call it a cart, but I notice some older/elderly people around here call them buggies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seibert4kids Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 I definitely call it a "cart", but in the south where we live, it is undeniably a "buggy". Still can't get that to roll off my tounge...yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 You will need to squash that into a heavily locked partition in your mind before they'll give you citizenship, you know. :toetap05: ;) Rosie- Expert trolley pusher. It requires manouvering room that supermarkets and car parks don't have though. P.S One of you needs to import these superior contraptions. :lol::lol::lol: Is the Australian government really so tense? I always thought they were fun-loving, easy-going mates down and under...you know? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pooh bear Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 Trolley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted May 11, 2010 Share Posted May 11, 2010 :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 You will need to squash that into a heavily locked partition in your mind before they'll give you citizenship, you know. :toetap05: ;) Rosie- Expert trolley pusher. It requires manouvering room that supermarkets and car parks don't have though. P.S One of you needs to import these superior contraptions. Oh I can sing Advance Australia Fair with the best of them. That's all that's required isn't it? :D Just don't EVER expect me to cheer for the Wallabies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyThreeSons Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I grew up in CA, where we called them shopping carts. I've been in SC for over 12 years now, so I called them buggies. And the guys who round them up from the parking lot are known as buggy boys. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Oh I can sing Advance Australia Fair with the best of them. That's all that's required isn't it? :D Yup! "Australians all are ostriches!" Nothin' to it. Just don't EVER expect me to cheer for the Wallabies.Who are they? Eek! Will they strip my citizenship for being un-Australian? :eek: Yes Liz, our government is uptight. Aren't all governments? It's pretty funny watching the old guys pretend they are fun loving and easy going though. I think you know they are fun loving and easy going by how often they appear on the news in tracksuits, doing interviews in the middle of their morning constitutional. ;) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peachskittles Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 It's a shopping cart to me. I was thrown for a loop at a Kroger when I worked for them though. They are called bascarts. I remember when the supervisor asked me if I had looked in the bottom of the bascart and I was like "Uh, what are you talking about?". She pointed to the shopping cart and I was like "Oh the shopping cart." She shook her head no and said "It's a bascart here." Weirdest name I've ever heard for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaduck Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Other: We say buggy and cart interchangeably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usetoschool Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 From the west and always called them carts. All of our parking lot returns say something like "please return carts here". If you call them a buggy or wagon, what does the sign in the parking lot say? If I google cart return I get all kinds of pictures that look like our grocery story parking lot but if I put in buggy return I get Amish horse and buggy pictures :001_huh:. eta: I do get a few "please return trolley here" if I put in trolley return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danestress Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Ellie, I have recently discovered that for 4.99 a week, I can order all my groceries online. I use the store's weekly specials and recipes on my own computer. I can set a window of time and arrive at the store to pick up my groceries. I don't even have to get out of the car. Someone else has shopped for me, bagged them, and will bring them out, put them in the back, and scan my credit card. It's the best. So my days of pushing "shopping carts" are over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fivetails Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I've only ever heard them called "carts" [aside from online] When someone says "buggy" - I get pictures like this or this in my head. [and a trolley is something like this or this ] eta: and, of course, wagon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Marple Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Grew up calling it a buggy, but now call it a cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Its a trolley! :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreeBlessings Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Cart or grocery cart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 [and a trolley is something like this or this ] Those things are called trams! Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rootsnwings Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 We call them buggies here in Alabama! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in WA Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I voted for "cart" because that's what I call it today. But I could have also chosen "other" because I grew up caliing it a "basket". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I used to call it a cart, but here in England it's a trolley. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Funny, when I opened the thread I thought I was going to be choosing between bag and sack. :001_smile: This is what I thought too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emeraldjoy Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I voted other because we never call it a shopping cart...just cart. interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzyfizzle Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I learned very quickly as a young girl working in our convenience store never to ask the male customers if they wanted a bag. Most times you would get a lewd comment. (Yes of course, even to the young teen girls) It is always 'sack'. ;) Shopping carts here on the Northcoast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2denj Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 Buggy-I am in NE FLA. I did grow up in NH though, and they are called shopping carts there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted May 12, 2010 Share Posted May 12, 2010 I voted other because I've said cart and buggy. I've never heard the expression, wagon, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.