Another language/dialect question...

ImJessesGirl

Where you are from, what do you all the thing you put groceries in while shopping at the grocery store???

Here in Louisiana, we call it a buggy. A friend of mine from Michigan calls it a cart. She makes fun of me all the time when I say "put it in the buggy." LOL.

amdraza

A shopping cart, or just a cart.

danascullyx

It's a cart. A buggy is for rural areas and has a horse with it.

bfonz619

+1 for shopping cart.

southernpeach89

I call it a buggy and I've called it that my whole life. I've lived in Georgia for the past 16 years but before that we were all over the place so I guess it stemmed from what my parent's called it and my Mom is from Georgia so there you go.

ImJessesGirl

@danascullyyx I wonder if that's the origin of why we call it a "buggy"... hmmm.

EmeJay

A buggy to me is the cart on which you put your golf bag

welly01

@ImJessesGirl, I call it a buggy, lol.  I'm in TX.

divinemsbee

Buggy. By far, that's what I grew up hearing. I do occasionally use cart.

ETA: From MS, live in TX. I think I use 'cart' when referring to one to people other than H because cart is more common here.

cateyes543

In MN and WI I have only ever heard it called a cart or shopping cart. We have cart attendants, cart racks, cart movers...

sister13

Joy2611 said:

Shopping cart.  I'd laugh if you called it a buggy.

Don't the British call it a trolley?

Yes, they do! I was just coming in here to say that Patsy (in my siggy) calls it a trolley! 

I bet Harry Styles calls it a trolley, too!

GypsySoul1112

I'm in Louisiana too, and I've heard it be referred to as a buggy. I'm originally from Chicago and I call it a shopping cart.

LoverOfCities

NY and I've never heard it called a buggy.

Shopping cart or just cart here.

gonetothesea

I call it a buggy. I live in Central Florida. My best friend, who is originally from Massachusetts, calls it a carriage, and it drives me nuts. I'm pretty sure it's not a Massachusetts thing, she's just a weirdo.

EmeJay

littledog25 said:

 Representing Canada: I call it a cart.

Representing another part of Canada: it's a "panier"

HippoTooth

sister13 said:

Joy2611 said:

Shopping cart.  I'd laugh if you called it a buggy.

Don't the British call it a trolley?

Yes, they do! I was just coming in here to say that Patsy (in my siggy) calls it a trolley! 

I bet Harry Styles calls it a trolley, too!

Harry Styles can call it whatever he wants.

HippoTooth

I'm Western Canada, and I call it a cart.

MagicInk

I'm in the southwest (AZ) and everyone I know calls it a cart.

JennyLynn6785

Another NYer here -- we call it a cart.

HippoTooth

hobbesgal said:

I'm in New England, and I call it a cart.

I also tend to say "down cellar" when I'm talking about the basement.

The liquor store is a "package store" or "packie" and the fact that I can't buy liquor or alcohol at the grocery store is fucking stupid.   

Idea is pronounced "idear" by most people here and it makes me 100% stabby. 

Why isn't the liquor store just called the liquor store?

silverandgray

I have lived in both AZ and DC, and have only ever heard it called a cart.

SoyLoca

trolley

kamarks08

Buggy. Although I'll admit the first time I heard someone call it that I literally laughed in their face.

Grew up in the Midwest, called it a cart. Moved to Alabama, slowly transitioned into calling it a buggy.

I'm back up in the Midwest and I'd say I call it a buggy 9 out of 10 times.

danascullyx

kamarks08 said:

Buggy. Although I'll admit the first time I heard someone call it that I literally laughed in their face.

Grew up in the Midwest, called it a cart. Moved to Alabama, slowly transitioned into calling it a buggy.

I'm back up in the Midwest and I'd say I call it a buggy 9 out of 10 times.

@kamarks08 Kmart, this may stall our friendship, since I think I would laugh every time someone called it a buggy. The image of an actual buggy in the grocery store or Target is hilarious.

Cythe

H grew up in NC and he calls it a buggy. 

I do not. We go 'round and 'round about it sometimes.

singingsea

It's a cart.

kamarks08

@danascullyx, don't leave me! I can change. I can change for you. I'm going to push my buggie cart around the store from now on. I'm never letting go...

rowan333

Haha I just moved down to Louisiana (originally from Cali), and I still find it odd that people down here say "buggy" instead of plain ole "cart". I sure am a fan of southern accents though!

annalewis2013

I'm in SC and have always called it a buggy. Must be a southern THANG :P

southernpeach89

&theheartbreakers said:

I'm from Alberta, Canada and I call it a buggy! MH is from ontario though and calls it a cart and laughs every time I say buggy. Another difference we have is I call a remote a clicker. Which he hates.

I used babysit a couple little boys from New England that called the remote a clicker. I thought it was cute but I've always called it the remote.

kelley72

buggy, definitely a buggy  I'm a Southern gal.

LG2793

Buggy...
And according to both of my grandmothers, you would probably be shopping at 'The Wal-Marks'. True story.

southernpeach89

kch917 said:

southernpeach89 said:

&theheartbreakers said:

I'm from Alberta, Canada and I call it a buggy! MH is from ontario though and calls it a cart and laughs every time I say buggy. Another difference we have is I call a remote a clicker. Which he hates.

I used babysit a couple little boys from New England that called the remote a clicker. I thought it was cute but I've always called it the remote.

Yup...clicker. I used to call it that all the time. Now it's usually the remote. Although I will refer to the remote as "the buttons" quite often.

I've never heard "the buttons" before. That's a new one for me.

PrimRoseMama

Grocery cart or hand truck.

WestIsleFlower

I call it a cart.

On an semi-unrelated note, Europeans on this thread- is is true that you all call school buses cheesewagons (cheese wagons)? I had a friend in college who said this but I wasn't sure if it was just his school or not.

almachs0786

Buggy here (WV). Though I've also heard people here call it a cart.

indogbeersiveonlyhadone

In Jersey, we call it a cart or shopping cart. When I was stationed in GA I went grocery shopping with a country bumpkin and she told me to grab a buggy and I was so confused. I was like "what in the Eff is that???" Hahaha living there I started calling it a buggy, but when I moved to AZ they call them baskets. even more mind boggling then buggy, because I'm sorry this is not a effing basket a basket is something you bring on a picnic or hunt for Easter eggs with.

lvlyldybmp

I'm in Michigan, we call it a cart.  DH lived in Alabama for a long time, they call it a buggy too.

indogbeersiveonlyhadone

hobbesgal said:

I'm in New England, and I call it a cart.

I also tend to say "down cellar" when I'm talking about the basement.

The liquor store is a "package store" or "packie" and the fact that I can't buy liquor or alcohol at the grocery store is fucking stupid.   

Idea is pronounced "idear" by most people here and it makes me 100% stabby. 

@hobbesgal‌ I totally agree about not being able to buy liqour in a grocery store!!! It's fucking stupid and not to mention a pain in the ass! So you mean to tell me now I have to stop at like 2 places on the way home instead of one for groceries and liqour it's some bullshit.

And when you call it the "down cellar" is this like "shade tree" and "ink pen"??? I've always been confused of these sayings because a pen has ink why are you calling it an ink pen?? People who say these things don't say "led pencil" they just say pencil. WHY?!?? Hahahaha

indogbeersiveonlyhadone

MagicInk said:

I'm in the southwest (AZ) and everyone I know calls it a cart.

@MagicInk‌ I lived in Phoenix for about 4 years they called it a basket there!!! Craziness!!!

indogbeersiveonlyhadone

@LindsRockies‌ honestly I have no idea!!! But I heard it all the time in Phoenix. Odd thing though was everyone I knew or even came in contact with were from other states I met 3 people my who 4 years that were actually born there so maybe that's why??? No idea..