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robitj11 t1_jeb9bcd wrote

Reply to comment by SqueakMachine in I was in the supermarket with the wife today when completely out of the blue she said "You know something? You really are a lazy bastard!" by SionGest

Yes, in the Southern US, a shopping cart is a buggy. I grew up in New York and we just called them carts.

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dre235 t1_jec9y69 wrote

Born and raised in the south... Only ever called them carts.

Am I a New Yorker?

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Hellefiedboy t1_jecgkeb wrote

I was born and raised in Canada, and we call them carts, sometimes shopping carts.

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LittleSociety5047 t1_jeewbzf wrote

Shopping Carts in Canada. But we are aware of countries outside our own so we are not confused if someone uses “buggy” or “trolley”

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berkyl_ t1_jeedclb wrote

Born and raised in Switzerland and we call them Einkaufswagen

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Hellefiedboy t1_jeen1yt wrote

Shush with your Einkaufswagen ( I think that means something about vehicle). What does it mean, though?

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berkyl_ t1_jeengxq wrote

It means shopping cart/trolley, sorry that translation isn‘t that spectacular

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Hellefiedboy t1_jeep4gi wrote

It's a fine translation, I just know the word "wagen" is normally something to do with vehicle, so it's fine idk I lost my train of thought.

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berkyl_ t1_jeeprgo wrote

„Wagen“ is slur for car, yes. Otherwise it‘s „Auto“ (short for „Automobil“)

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Hellefiedboy t1_jeeqis6 wrote

Calling cars a slur is not something I thought I would ever be able to do in my lifetime.

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berkyl_ t1_jeexn9v wrote

Maybe I spelled it wrong, what I meant is: „Wagen“ is disparaging for „car“.

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Hellefiedboy t1_jef077s wrote

It's pretty much the same thing as a slur, in english, that is.

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Alswel t1_jed6oou wrote

Yeah what in the living fuck am I reading I feel like I'm going crazy I've never heard any term other than cart

Lived in TX most of my life now I'm in TN which is just like Northern Southern US

A buggy is like a dune buggy, and a trolly is a monorail or something maybe?

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