They were from Scranton, so not quite that part of PA.
They had some other weird idiolectical things that I always attributed to growing up bilingual with Russian. This is really the first one I've actually found out was a regional saying somewhere else!
edit: Sharty's link above confirms that's not just Alabama
> 5 also grocery buggy, shopping ~: A four-wheeled cart with a metal or plastic basket provided by a supermarket or other large store for customers to use while shopping. chiefly Sth, S Midl, OH, PA Cf carriage n 1
Could be an Appalachian thing? - it's further in extent than one imagines.
They were from Scranton, so not quite that part of PA.
They had some other weird idiolectical things that I always attributed to growing up bilingual with Russian. This is really the first one I've actually found out was a regional saying somewhere else!
edit: Sharty's link above confirms that's not just Alabama
> 5 also grocery buggy, shopping ~: A four-wheeled cart with a metal or plastic basket provided by a supermarket or other large store for customers to use while shopping. chiefly Sth, S Midl, OH, PA Cf carriage n 1
so there you go
I wonder if it's linked with the geographic distribution of Piggly Wiggly, one of the very first self-serve grocery stores in the modern style.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piggly_Wiggly