Date:  Fri, 28 Oct 1994 12:44:28 -0400

From:  Allan Denchfield <dench[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CAMBRIDGE.VILLAGE.COM>

Subject: Re: buggy vs. cart



As one who bagged groceries for Coral Gables shoppers back in the early

sixties, I recall 'cart', 'carriage', 'basket' and 'wagon' all sometimes

following 'shopping-'. When the little baby seat was installed to these

contraptions it was easy to call it a 'carriage' (as in 'baby carriage').

The managers often called them 'carts', though the customers called them

'baskets'. There are, of course, both the hand-held and the rolling

variety of shopping baskets.





-AOBD (who transported bags, bundles, satchels, goods, groceries,

    purchases, and shoppings to customers' autos - celebrating all the

    while the inherent dignity of manual work)