Fun thread: what do you call the thing with wheel ... - Page 4

newjerseygirl · ‎03-09-2010

@SueyMsB wrote:
In NewJersey we call them shopping carts.

Yes, shopping cart.

When I hear "buggy", I think of a horse and buggy.

~Jersey Girls don't pump gas~

geezerette · ‎03-16-2010

When I was a kid in the upper Midwest, my mother always called them buggys.

But for the past several decades, in various parts of the country, I've heard them referred to usually as shopping carts or occasionally shopping baskets.

Krimpette · ‎03-09-2010

I've live several years of my life in PA and even longer in MD. Never in my life have I heard them called "buggies". until I read that term here! Always been cart.

Tinkrbl44 · ‎08-23-2010

@mormel20 wrote:
I live in the deep South and we call it a "BUGGY". But in other parts of the USA it is called by different names. I read that in the UK it is called a "TROLLEY". Just for fun, tell what you call the thing with wheels you put your groceries in at the Supermarket. And put where you are, such as: Midwest, New England or where ever. Thanks.

@mormel20

Huh ... interesting. Both trolleys and buggys are actually something else. The only time I've ever heard the word buggy used was with the word "baby" coming before it.

I've lived in WNY and So Cal and have never heard anything but "shopping cart".

Jk9 · ‎07-18-2013

I live in upstate SC and we call it a buggy or cart. My sister in TN calls it a buggy. I use both terms and don't know why I say one or the other as it is just what comes out.

If my dog doesn't like you, neither do I.

catter70 · ‎10-11-2017

I'm in PA and it's a cart.

ECBG · ‎01-08-2011

NC. Cart or grocery cart.

Desert Lily · ‎06-24-2011

In the upper right hand corner of this website, is a "cart." Many other shopping websites call it a "cart", too (even though it's in cyberspace Lol).

I've always heard of it as a cart, but I like hearing the other terms.

To me, a "Buggy" is a baby carriage, a term developed in the 1850's. Our neighborhood school also sponsored a "Doll Buggy Parade" each 4th of July, in which kids would decorate a buggy/stroller or red wagon and parade with a doll or pet in it. I had to remember to call it a "stroller" and not a "buggy" when I was a young mom.