Vocabulary question

It might help if you specified which language you want it named in!

Your profile shows you have lived in many countries so presumably you know what it is called in all of those!

You could of course use Google translate!

Ray

I'll spare you the critical remarks...it's a shopping trolley

romaniac wrote:

I'll spare you the useless non-helpful remarks...it's a shopping trolley

It was not a non helpful remark, if you don't specify in which language you wish to know what it is called it is not possible to give a sensible answer!

He knows perfectly well that it is a shopping trolley, probably in more languages than you!

Ray

F0xgl0ve wrote:

It might help if you specified which language you want it named in!

Your profile shows you have lived in many countries so presumably you know what it is called in all of those!

You could of course use Google translate!

Ray

Ray,
It seemed to me obviously that as we are in an english speaking forum that I asked for english words that people used in their everyday life to name it.

Yes, I could use Google Translate (or other dictionaries), but its formal noun doesn't interested me. And I think that you know that sometimes there is a gap between academic source and custom, right ?

In France, we call this "un caddie" (which is a trademark actually), or "un chariot". Some call it also "un cabat" (which can be a simply big bag, without wheels). In some dictionaries and shops, you could read also "une poussette de marché", but really I never heard people use this one.

Which english word do you use to name it ?
And if its necessary, specify where you come from ? (I mean British don't use the same name than Americans, than Australian, etc)

karamboleS00999 wrote:

Hello,
In order to introduce new words in my vocabulary, how do you name this thing below ?
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Thanks for the sharing of knowledges.

In England it's a shopping trolley bag.

We might use English on this Forum but it is the Malta Forum so I would imagine that you were wanting to know what it was called in Maltese!
If not, why ask on this particular forum?

Ray

In Yorkshire (well, at least the bit I live in), they call it a "biddy-bag".

We don't have a Maltese word for this. So (like with many other things we do not have a word in Maltese for) we use the English word "carrier".
Usually we call "trolley" those wheeled wire baskets found at supermarkets.

Cynic wrote:

In Yorkshire (well, at least the bit I live in), they call it a "biddy-bag".

I don't think of myself as an old biddy but will think twice about using mine!

The maltese version of same.  Kids were in this 40 years ago, its still going strong doing shopping duty now.

Think it may have lost a tyre at some time.

Ray

Cynic wrote:

In Yorkshire (well, at least the bit I live in), they call it a "biddy-bag".

I was born in Yorkshire and have never heard it called that, but if the OP who asked the question wanted to know  what it was called in English surely he would have posted on a UK site.

Ray

It's most probably unanswerable

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F0xgl0ve wrote:

We might use English on this Forum but it is the Malta Forum so I would imagine that you were wanting to know what it was called in Maltese!
If not, why ask on this particular forum?

Ray

Because i'm currently in Malta.
But you made a good point.
I'm done with you Ray.

Thank you all.
For me, it's pretty interesting and fascinating to see how the vocabulary changes to name the same object, depending the country/region, the social context, the age, etc.
I noticed those differences in many occasions in French speaking countries (la Francophonie).

karamboleS00999 wrote:

Thank you all.
For me, it's pretty interesting and fascinating to see how the vocabulary changes to name the same object, depending the country/region, the social context, the age, etc.
I noticed those differences in many occasions in French speaking countries (la Francophonie).

You're welcome, the justification for your query isn't needed.

F0xgl0ve wrote:

Cynic wrote:

In Yorkshire (well, at least the bit I live in), they call it a "biddy-bag".

I was born in Yorkshire and have never heard it called that, but if the OP who asked the question wanted to know  what it was called in English surely he would have posted on a UK site.

Ray

Hence my caveat; however, IMO, it doesn't really matter where the OP asked the question.

Cynic wrote:

F0xgl0ve wrote:

Cynic wrote:

In Yorkshire (well, at least the bit I live in), they call it a "biddy-bag".

I was born in Yorkshire and have never heard it called that, but if the OP who asked the question wanted to know  what it was called in English surely he would have posted on a UK site.

Ray

Hence my caveat; however, IMO, it doesn't really matter where the OP asked the question.

Ok. I have to ask : what's a "OP" ?
I only know the "OPP" from Naughty By Nature, that's it.

karamboleS00999 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

F0xgl0ve wrote:

I was born in Yorkshire and have never heard it called that, but if the OP who asked the question wanted to know  what it was called in English surely he would have posted on a UK site.

Ray

Hence my caveat; however, IMO, it doesn't really matter where the OP asked the question.

Ok. I have to ask : what's a "OP" ?
I only know the "OPP" from Naughty By Nature, that's it.

Forum shorthand: Original Post(er)

karamboleS00999 wrote:

Cynic wrote:

F0xgl0ve wrote:

I was born in Yorkshire and have never heard it called that, but if the OP who asked the question wanted to know  what it was called in English surely he would have posted on a UK site.

Ray

Hence my caveat; however, IMO, it doesn't really matter where the OP asked the question.

Ok. I have to ask : what's a "OP" ?
I only know the "OPP" from Naughty By Nature, that's it.

Original Poster


Ray

Hi everybody,

It seems that the OP already got the answer to his questions. I am therefore closing this thread.

I thank you all for your participation.

Priscilla
Expat.com team

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