Different words for different things

magichatter06
magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
edited September 19 in Chit-Chat
Ok, so I was wondering if people on here call certain things a different word because that is what your parents called it??

You know that thing you push at Wally World.....well I call it a carriage and people think I am crazy b/c they call it a "buggy" down here and I swear I was in CT and I saw a sign that said "Carriages here" and I should have got a picture of it!!!:laugh:


What about you!!?
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  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    Ok, so I was wondering if people on here call certain things a different word because that is what your parents called it??

    You know that thing you push at Wally World.....well I call it a carriage and people think I am crazy b/c they call it a "buggy" down here and I swear I was in CT and I saw a sign that said "Carriages here" and I should have got a picture of it!!!:laugh:


    What about you!!?
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    Am I the only person that calls in a grocery cart? LOL :laugh:
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    in NY we call it a cart or buggy:bigsmile: in Ga we called it a buggy or shoppin buggy
  • memuellerpa
    memuellerpa Posts: 18
    What's Wally World?

    Are you talking about the thing you push babies around in? I've heard that called a stroller, a carriage or a buggy (the latter two being rather quaint). Or are you talking about the thing you push around at the grocery store or the department store? That's always called a shopping cart, wherever I've been.

    Cheers!
  • fitchick99
    fitchick99 Posts: 267 Member
    I asked for a can of pop when we were in florida for the holidays, girl at the convenience store had no clue what I was asking for, then politely told me it's a can of soda!
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    What's Wally World?

    Are you talking about the thing you push babies around in? I've heard that called a stroller, a carriage or a buggy (the latter two being rather quaint). Or are you talking about the thing you push around at the grocery store or the department store? That's always called a shopping cart, wherever I've been.

    Cheers!
    Walmart =Wally World
  • MyaPapaya75
    MyaPapaya75 Posts: 3,143 Member
    I asked for a can of pop when we were in florida for the holidays, girl at the convenience store had no clue what I was asking for, then politely told me it's a can of soda!
    Ha Ha so true Im used to saying soda or coke *everything is a coke in the south* But when I come home to NY everyone says pop
  • pegm
    pegm Posts: 119 Member
    We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.
  • memuellerpa
    memuellerpa Posts: 18
    In St Louis it's neither "pop" nor "soda." It's "sody." :P
    In Texas (at least when I've visited there) it's called "coke" no matter what kind of soft drink they are talking about. As in, "Do you want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind-- 7-Up, Orange, Cola?"
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    I asked for a can of pop when we were in florida for the holidays, girl at the convenience store had no clue what I was asking for, then politely told me it's a can of soda!

    They call it pop here too, I've always called it soda! haha:laugh:
  • memuellerpa
    memuellerpa Posts: 18
    QUOTE:

    What's Wally World?

    Are you talking about the thing you push babies around in? I've heard that called a stroller, a carriage or a buggy (the latter two being rather quaint). Or are you talking about the thing you push around at the grocery store or the department store? That's always called a shopping cart, wherever I've been.

    Cheers!


    Walmart =Wally World

    ~~~~

    D'oh! :) Never heard it called that around here (Chicagoland).
  • memuellerpa
    memuellerpa Posts: 18
    It's definitely "pop" in the northern Midwest (IL, IN, MI) where I've lived all my life.

    I think regional usage is a fascinating subject!
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    I guess not many people call WalMart ..Wally World either! lol

    It's kind of funny how like each region or state has their own sort of "dialect" lol
  • aasta
    aasta Posts: 12 Member
    Buggy here in Texas :tongue:
  • fitchick99
    fitchick99 Posts: 267 Member
    I guess not many people call WalMart ..Wally World either! lol

    It's kind of funny how like each region or state has their own sort of "dialect" lol

    I thought Wally World was a theme park, like the one in National lampoons vacation...lol...i'm canadian, whadaya want?? haha
  • lulubar
    lulubar Posts: 739 Member
    I grew up calling it a grocery basket or a grocery cart, but here in the south they say buggy -

    My grandmother called the trunk of a car the "turtle".
    We always had a wallet, but my friends in the south call it a pocket book.
    My mom call the couch a "devan"
    :bigsmile:
  • magichatter06
    magichatter06 Posts: 3,593 Member
    I guess not many people call WalMart ..Wally World either! lol

    It's kind of funny how like each region or state has their own sort of "dialect" lol

    I thought Wally World was a theme park, like the one in National lampoons vacation...lol...i'm canadian, whadaya want?? haha

    I thought you might have been "out of state" hah:laugh: It's ok, we'll get you up to date on American terms!!
  • briblue72
    briblue72 Posts: 672 Member
    I've always called them "carts" but here in Kentucky, they're "buggies" and I had no idea what people were talking about for a while...
  • fitchick99
    fitchick99 Posts: 267 Member
    We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.

    we call them dummies...I have no idea why
  • wilted6orchid
    wilted6orchid Posts: 423 Member
    I was on a plane once as a kid and asked for a soda and the flight attendant, "stewardess" we called them, handed me seltzer water...so gross! Then, we flew to TX and yes I learned everything is a coke...not Cokes only.

    My friends and family all say Wally World, and shopping carts. My husband insists that "buggies" are horse drawn carriages.

    Pocket book is a good one. In some places a purse is also called a pocket book.

    The trunk of the car is called the boot too.

    Here' a funny one. One of my friends said where she's from they call "erasers" "rubbers"!:noway:
  • wilted6orchid
    wilted6orchid Posts: 423 Member

    we call them dummies...I have no idea why

    In Puerto Rico we call them "bo bo's" which translates as dummy. Kind of like we're faking giving the baby what he really wants.
  • sunflower8926
    sunflower8926 Posts: 485 Member
    We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.

    hahahah...
    I thought we were the only ones that did that! We called it the "happiness plug", because when it fell out, all the happiness would leak out:smile:
  • AmyNVegas
    AmyNVegas Posts: 2,215 Member
    I call the buggy a basket and I call Wal-mart Wally World too :happy:

    Amy:bigsmile:
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  • Kelleighanne
    Kelleighanne Posts: 78
    In St Louis it's neither "pop" nor "soda." It's "sody." :P
    In Texas (at least when I've visited there) it's called "coke" no matter what kind of soft drink they are talking about. As in, "Do you want a coke?" "Sure." "What kind-- 7-Up, Orange, Cola?"

    EXACTLY!!! That's how its supposed to be LOL. But it's more like, "What do you want to drink?" "A coke." "What kind?" "Pepsi" LOL
  • MisoSoup79
    MisoSoup79 Posts: 517
    I totally thought you were referring to a theme park, too... but it makes sense now!

    Definitely a shopping cart.
    A baby buggy is a stroller.
    A trunk is just a trunk.
    A pacifier is a woobie. (why, I don't know... it's just a common term)
    A coke is a pop.
    All tissues are Kleenex, no matter what brand.
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    Get a cart!

    My mom was from upstate NY and raised me in Florida. I remember going to Georgia with a friend when I was a kid. I thought they spoke another language there!

    I asked for water and she told me to get it out of the spicket :drinker:
    Then I had to go to the bathroom and she said the comode was down the hall:noway:
    The mom told us to clean my friends room and my friend replied 'aingonndoit'


    I really thought it was a different language!:laugh: :laugh:
  • hmo4
    hmo4 Posts: 1,673 Member
    We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.

    we call them dummies...I have no idea why

    I called it a ga ga as a youngin'
    At work in the Nursery I've heard it called-pacifier, dummy,sucky,soose, (my little guy who's now 17 said soo? like a question..sorry, flashback), booboo,nipple,doedoe,lulu,plug, yaya, soother, and on and on... I prefer "plug" after a 12 hour day of screaming babies. Plug it up!:explode: :happy:
  • sassiebritches
    sassiebritches Posts: 1,861 Member
    I grew up calling it a grocery basket or a grocery cart, but here in the south they say buggy -

    My grandmother called the trunk of a car the "turtle".
    We always had a wallet, but my friends in the south call it a pocket book.
    My mom call the couch a "devan"
    :bigsmile:

    Hahahahaha my honey is from the south he calls the trunk a turtle, a purse a pocket book and a dresser is a chest of drawers......

    I call the trunk a coffin, my purse is my suitcase and a dresser is somone who wears them thar fancy clothes!
  • arewethereyet
    arewethereyet Posts: 18,702 Member
    We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.

    we call them dummies...I have no idea why

    I called it a ga ga as a youngin'
    At work in the Nursery I've heard it called-pacifier, dummy,sucky,soose, (my little guy who's now 17 said soo? like a question..sorry, flashback), booboo,nipple,doedoe,lulu,plug, yaya, soother, and on and on... I prefer "plug" after a 12 hour day of screaming babies. Plug it up!:explode: :happy:

    the only thing I remember calling them was 'the damn thing that fell on the floor AGAIN!"
  • TamTastic
    TamTastic Posts: 19,224 Member
    I was born and raised in Oregon.

    I live in Connecticut now.

    It took me awhile to get used to saying different things. Mainly the soda/pop thing. I grew up calling it pop. Came out here and learned it was soda. Now, when I go visit my family and ask for a soda, they look at me funny.

    Also, I grew up with Best Foods mayo which becomes Hellman's on this side of the Mississippi. LOL!
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