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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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Do you 'drive' a 'trolley'

I love driving supermarket trolleys.
  

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That seems to be the British standard. " That's all I ever heard in the Midwestern US. In the Southern US, they also call them "baskets," which I find confusing because there are also hand baskets that shoppers can use.

  • That seems to be the British standard.
  • " That's all I ever heard in the Midwestern US.
  • In the Southern US, they also call them "baskets," which I find confusing because there are also hand baskets that shoppers can use.
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That seems to be the British standard.

In American English, we "push" "shopping carts." That's all I ever heard in the Midwestern US. In the Southern US, they also call them "baskets," which I find confusing because there are also hand baskets that shoppers can use.
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DoNotPassGoThat seems to be the British standard.
Au contraire.

In the UK we push our shopping trollies.

Rover
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Seems like trollies and trolleys are both acceptable pluralizations.
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DoNotPassGoSeems like trollies and trolleys are both acceptable pluralizations.
Correct.


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
trolleys (also trollies)


?plural noun


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you say trolleys or trollies are both accept

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