Different words for different things
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magichatter06
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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!!?
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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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:
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Am I the only person that calls in a grocery cart? LOL :laugh:0
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in NY we call it a cart or buggy:bigsmile: in Ga we called it a buggy or shoppin buggy0
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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!0 -
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!0
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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!0 -
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!0
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We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.0
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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?"0 -
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:0 -
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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
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D'oh! Never heard it called that around here (Chicagoland).0 -
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!0 -
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" lol0 -
Buggy here in Texas0
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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?? haha0 -
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"
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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!!0 -
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...0
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We've always called baby pacifiers.. plugs. Just a family thing.
we call them dummies...I have no idea why0 -
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:0
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