Carts
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112717)
United States
February 3, 2024 7:25am CST
The discussion of shopping carts may seem like a boring discussion. At the same time, I think it is interesting that depending on where you live, people call a shopping cart different things.
I generally have always called a shopping cart a cart. But of course, in the UK and other European countries, they call them trollies. In fact, I even think they are called that in Australia.
In Southern parts of the U.S. people often call their carts buggies.
What do you call your shopping cart?
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@2ndchances24 (12189)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
3 Feb 24
I don't call them anything I just grab 1 & go with it
but if I DID, I'd call it a basket with wheels ha ha ha
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@2ndchances24 (12189)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
3 Feb 24
@porwest yea you could, but just think about it as a basket on wheels.
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@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
3 Feb 24
I call it a shopping cart until I get one that the wheels don't work right and then it has a lot of added expletives.
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@Marilynda1225 (91011)
• United States
7 Feb 24
@MarieCoyle doesn't that drive you crazy
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@LindaOHio (222222)
• United States
3 Feb 24
I think a shopping cart or basket. I've never thought about it. Have a good weekend.
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Feb 24
I've heard people call them shopping baskets as well.
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@MarieCoyle (59105)
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3 Feb 24
I had to read this post, some time ago I made a post very similar--do we call them carts, buggies, or trollies? I've heard all three. I know when I go to the southern US, many there call them buggies. Here, they are carts. My daughter in Florida said the first time she said cart to someone when she moved there, the fellow had no idea what she was talking about!
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@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Feb 24
@porwest A bubbler? That's the most absurd thing I've ever heard! LOL
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@capirani (2817)
• United States
4 Feb 24
@porwest I met some people from Wisconsin once and we talked about some of the things we say that are different. Yes, they called a drinking fountain a bubbler. Also, a traffic light they called a stop and go. I think it is fascinating what the different areas of a country will label an item.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
4 Feb 24
I am on "team cart", but have heard buggy. I also recognize trolly in discussions here and other multinational posts. Oh, and we cannot forget some call them "baskets". I believe the first ones literally were baskets on wheels and if I am not mistaken they first were used in Oklahoma.
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@marguicha (230331)
• Chile
3 Feb 24
I call them "carritos". In Spanish. Lately I have thought I´d love to have one to lean on while I walk. Not just inside the supermarket but around the block.
Lately I have thought I´d love to have one to lean on while I walk. Not just inside the supermarket but around the block.
@moffittjc (128824)
• Gainesville, Florida
3 Feb 24
I live in the Deep South, and I call them shopping carts, but most people around here call them buggies. It drives me crazy. It's not a buggy, it's a cart!
On a similar subject, what do you call the tool that people use to to trim grass? In the south we call them Weed Eaters, but I've heard that up north they call them Weed Whackers.
