Sunday, January 29, 2017

Shopping Cart or Buggy?

 Jeb Bates and Judson Bates

When you go shopping at the grocery store, what do you call the object that you push around and collect your food in? Is it a shopping cart, a buggy, or something else? Cast your vote in the comments section, and then check out the video below to find out what the Bates call it in East Tennessee.


Photo/video courtesy of UP
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84 comments:

  1. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 2:41 PM

    Trolley. That's what we call them in Ireland. And the handheld one is a basket.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 10:17 PM

      Yeah we in SA also call it a trolley and a basket is the handheld one for us too. I've never heard the term buggy being used! I thought horses pulled a buggy!

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 10:46 AM

      A buggy is a name for a pram/stroller in he U.K. And Ireland too

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  2. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 3:13 PM

    Buggy

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    1. AnnJanuary 30, 2017 at 5:03 PM

      In germany we call it "Einkaufswagen"! It's like shoppingwaggon!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 3:32 PM

    Trolley

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  4. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 3:37 PM

    I'm from New Jersey and I always say "cart." I visit Eastern Tennessee every year and notice that a lot of people say "buggy," including my relative who moved there from NJ!

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  5. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 3:37 PM

    Buggy?!?! Seriously that's ridiculous

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 10:49 PM

      It's rather unkind to say that. The blog readers here are from different parts of the world. I'm sure you wouldn't want them calling you ridiculous.

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    2. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 12:02 PM

      I think what they mean, is that it's ridiculous that we're even having this debate:-)

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    3. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 7:19 PM

      I thought "buggy" was silly the first time I heard it down in Florida, but different regions (and countries) have different words. Just because it's not what you are used to doesn't mean you have to belittle it.

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    4. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 8:04 PM

      Now, I've heard it all. Even ridiculing what other people call a shopping cart. Some people just like to in a constant state of opposition?

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  6. UnknownJanuary 29, 2017 at 3:42 PM

    cart

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  7. UnknownJanuary 29, 2017 at 3:46 PM

    No No No Kelly. A buggy is something a horse pulls. I live farther south than ya'll do and grew up on a farm.. It's a cart.

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  8. EmmaJanuary 29, 2017 at 5:08 PM

    A trolley

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  9. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 5:35 PM

    Shopping cart
    Kim

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  10. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 5:38 PM

    Shopping Cart-never heard it called a buggy I don't think haha!

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  11. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 6:00 PM

    I'm from Toronto, Canada, and my family calls it a buggy

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  12. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 6:40 PM

    Neither... It's a carriage! lol ��

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 5:04 PM

      Me too! Are you from New England?

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  13. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 6:43 PM

    Shopping trolley is what we call it here in the UK.
    A cart is something a horse pulls - a horse & cart. A buggy is another name for a pushchair or something you ride on.

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    1. UnknownJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:03 PM

      Well I call them carts, but your comment makes sense! We've all heard the saying 'putting the cart before the horse'. Where I'm from horses pull buggys! Lol!

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 6:46 PM

    I was born and raised in Georgia and my family and I have always called them buggies.

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 6:46 PM

    Shopping cart. A buggy is what I see horses pulling around.

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 7:15 PM

    Buggy :-)

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 7:37 PM

    Shopping cart in Kansas and Missouri.

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  18. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 7:42 PM

    Cart

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 7:47 PM

    I always said shopping basket

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 7:54 PM

    I grew up calling it a buggy. I'm from florida but my family is from TN. Actually, I still have family that lives in the same town as the bates. Sometimes I still call it buggy but now i mostly call it a cart

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  21. williamJanuary 29, 2017 at 7:56 PM

    It's a buggie (with an IE) or a basket. A cart is those things at Home Depot that you load up with plywood that doesn't have a basket on it

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  22. KathyJanuary 29, 2017 at 8:10 PM

    We call it a cart in eastern Pennsylvania.

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  23. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 8:21 PM

    Buggy!! But I'm from east TN

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  24. AnitaJanuary 29, 2017 at 8:31 PM

    I grew up in Oklahoma, where it's called a cart, or shopping cart. Then I moved to Mississippi, where no one has heard of a cart. They call it a buggy.

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  25. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 8:59 PM

    Buggy

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  26. UnknownJanuary 29, 2017 at 9:03 PM

    In Ontario Canada we call it a shopping cart, and the small ones you carry with handles are baskets. However, I have heard them called carts and trolleys as well.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 8:22 AM

      Not all from Ontario Canada call it a shopping cart. I'm from St. Catharines Ontario and my family has always called it a buggy.

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  27. TeresaJanuary 29, 2017 at 9:07 PM

    Cart :)

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  28. GPeteJanuary 29, 2017 at 9:33 PM

    I live in Arkansas and we call it a buggy. But I am from Wisconsin and we called it a cart there.

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    1. Stevens Family FarmsJanuary 31, 2017 at 7:14 AM

      We are moving to Arkansas in 3 months from Florida! We can't wait! The Ozarks are so beautiful, we are going to homestead.

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  29. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 10:00 PM

    I thought everyone called it a buggy. I don't think I've heard it called a shopping cart.

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  30. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2017 at 10:59 PM

    Either shopping cart or just cart.

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  31. momof3January 29, 2017 at 11:33 PM

    Cart

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  32. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:14 AM

    Trolley - UK

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  33. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 6:01 AM

    Buggy!! Tennessee

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  34. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 7:54 AM

    Shopping cart! I didn't even know other people called it differently...but we are talking about the South...so it's possible.

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  35. LucyJanuary 30, 2017 at 8:06 AM

    It's never "shopping cart;" that is too formal. It's simply a cart. I think I'd have a hard time in the south! :)

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    1. Stevens Family FarmsJanuary 31, 2017 at 7:17 AM

      I'm from Florida and I visited Missouri years ago and tried to order grits and a sweet tea and the waitress just started at me like I was an alien!

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  36. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 8:56 AM

    In Texas we call it a shopping basket.

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  37. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 9:27 AM

    Here in the UK we call it a trolley!

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  38. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 9:53 AM

    This is a fun addition to the blog! Here in North Country, it's simply a 'cart'.
    I remember my family's first visit to St. Louis when I was a child. Our host asked me if I wanted a 'soda'. I hadn't a clue as to what she meant. Back home, it was referred to as a 'bottle of pop.' (No cans back then!)

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  39. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 10:03 AM

    shopping cart

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  40. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 10:20 AM

    Cart in Colorado

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  41. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 11:20 AM

    A buggy - from Texas

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  42. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 11:41 AM

    I'm from Southern Arkansas, and I have always called it a "cart."

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  43. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 12:01 PM

    I am from Maine. We say cart. Occasionally, you might hear wagon being used.

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  44. UnknownJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:05 PM

    It's a cart! We don't usually saying the whole term shopping cart, but that's what we mean. I want to know what they call a purse. A lot of my southern friends call them pocketbooks.

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    1. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 8:06 PM

      My NYC friend called it a pocketbook, too.

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  45. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:24 PM

    I lived in northern Arkansas for 3 years and moved out of Arkansas a year ago. I never heard it called a buggy in northern Arkansas, always it was called a shopping cart

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  46. amanda jJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:44 PM

    I'm from KY and I say either buggy or cart. When I lived in California briefly, I called it a buggy and the people that heard me looked at me like I had 2 heads!

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  47. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 1:48 PM

    I live in Illinois and call it a cart or shopping cart. But have heard it called a buggy.

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  48. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 2:09 PM

    Definitely Buggy here in Pittsburgh, PA!!!

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  49. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 3:00 PM

    In Los Angeles, it's a cart.

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  50. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 3:18 PM

    I live in Tennessee and am as southern as a turnip green. I always call it a shopping cart...

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  51. UnknownJanuary 30, 2017 at 3:25 PM

    Born & raised in Souhern Calif. & have always called it shopping cart or shopping basket. Never heard it called buggy or trolley. Buggy was always something used for babies.

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  52. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 5:27 PM

    Shopping cart, but I'm very familiar with the term buggy as well

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  53. Jason and Sandra KnightJanuary 30, 2017 at 6:44 PM

    Cart- PA!

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  54. ReginaJanuary 30, 2017 at 7:58 PM

    I remember when I was a little girl we called them baskets but then somehow I started calling them carts. Depending upon where you live, market parking lots will have signs up "Return Shopping Baskets Here" or "Return Carts Here""

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  55. UnknownJanuary 30, 2017 at 8:49 PM

    Indiana, we say cart, I have never heard it called buggy.

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  56. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 8:59 PM

    I always called it a buggy. I've never heard It called anything else;) I grew up in Ga. I live in Nc.

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  57. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 10:59 PM

    Everyone in Illinois calls in a shopping cart.

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  58. AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 11:20 PM

    Grew up in Washington.....We always called them carts or shopping carts. We moved to east Tennessee and realized everyone called them a buggy! Ha ha.....And a corral is what you put them in!

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  59. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 8:47 AM

    I've lived in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Washington, and New Jersey, and I've always said and heard shopping cart.

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  60. UnknownJanuary 31, 2017 at 10:21 AM

    Here in the UK it's called a shopping trolley, the hand-held one is a basket and a buggy has a couple of meanings. Babies and children's prams are called buggies and people who are disabled ride around the shops, streets, home in specially made buggies to help them get from A to B.

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  61. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 12:08 PM

    North Dakota..shopping cart or just cart. I've never heard it called a buggy in my life until i saw this video clip! A buggy is what a baby rode in back in another past era and they don't even call THOSE a buggy anymore its a stroller.

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  62. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 12:18 PM

    In

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  63. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 4:57 PM

    I live in Connecticut and I've always called it a carriage but I think most people around here call them shopping carts.

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  64. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 5:05 PM

    In Cambridge, United Kingdom, we call it a 'shopping trolley'

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  65. Okiemama2January 31, 2017 at 5:26 PM

    In Oklahoma its shopping cart! Which is where the cart was designed. I do sometimes call it a shopping basket.

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  66. Okiemama2January 31, 2017 at 5:27 PM

    Here in Oklahoma where the shopping cart was designed we call it a cart or basket.

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  67. UnknownJanuary 31, 2017 at 5:33 PM

    I'm from Michigan and we call it a shopping cart :)

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  68. AnonymousJanuary 31, 2017 at 6:15 PM

    Here are the results of a national survey on this topic:
    http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_75.html

    Fascinating!

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  69. SavingScottsFebruary 1, 2017 at 3:23 PM

    Here in England its a shopping trolley - a buggy is what we call a stroller.

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