Move over, Dillons, Piggly Wiggly is on the move! Well, maybe not, but Piggly Wiggly sure is fun to say, isn't it?
Piggly Wiggly is the actual name of a grocery store chain here in Louisiana! Isn't the name hilarious? I've heard people talk about going to the Piggly Wiggly to get milk before, but I just thought they were kidding around. I was sure no one would name a grocery store after a farm animal you can buy at that same store packaged as bacon. I'm guessing they didn't have a marketing consultant when they chose that name. We don't have a Piggly Wiggly in Ponchatoula, but there's one about five miles down the road in Springfield.
I shop at Winn Dixie in Ponchatoula for groceries when I choose a supermarket over the Wal Mart Supercenter. That's a fun name, too. Winn Dixie is almost exactly like Dillons, except the name is different and instead of the HUGE Mexican food section you'd find in a Kansas Dillons, Winn Dixie has HUGE Cajun and seafood sections.
I used a shopping cart to push my kids in and to put my groceries in when I lived in Kansas. I use a "buggy" to push my kids and groceries around here in Louisiana. People kept looking at me with blank "I don't know what you're talking about," kind of looks when I would ask if they were using a cart. The word cart doesn't register to these Southerners. A cart is not a cart, it's a buggy! Can you imagine the look on a Kansan's face if a Southerner came up and asked, "Ma'am is this your buggy?" We'd be looking around for a baby carriage or Amish buggy with a horse tied to it.
I am enjoying the new and amusing things I am learning here. I just ask God to help me keep my mouth shut and my ears open so I don't offend anyone with "Yankee" talk!
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