I was at wal-mart (I loathe wal-mart, btw)

[MollyMac]

I think it's Southern 'Mericun to be specific. Hell, I've never heard "wood-lice" as a referential term to a pill bug. "Wood lice" are akin to "beggar-lice" here.

Ah.

Semantics.

[DeathChii]

Originally Posted by CandyKorns

>>>How is their being black relevant? <<<


I was pointing out that it was black people because they were the ones that upset me the most. Your question's a bit anal.

When I was walking out to my car a bunch of black people were sitting at some tables where I walked by.

The fact that they were black seems irrelevant to me...

[Beneath the Shadows]

Originally Posted by CandyKorns

See, in the United States, we call carts with wheels on them that we gather food in "Buggies".

We do? I thought we just called them "shopping carts." It's the VW Bugs (the old ones) that I always called "Buggies."

[DeathChii]

Originally Posted by Beneath the Shadows

We do? I thought we just called them "shopping carts." It's the VW Bugs (the old ones) that I always called "Buggies."

Shopping cart sounds about right.

[Lady_Lacrimosa_Umbrae]

Originally Posted by Delkaetre

L_L_U- roly-poly can also mean 'round in shape'- eg, 'just look at that roly-poly tyke!' translates as 'look at the cute chubby child'. Calling woodlice roly-polies (because they roll up into a little round ball) seems to be uniquely American, as I've not encountered the term in Ireland, the north of England or the south of England.

Ah, ok. Now it makes sense... Thank you ^_^
Yes, I thought it was specificly American English, I have been in Ireland and in London too, and I had never heard the term before.

[greencorrine]

This question probably has already been asked, but if you hate Walmart so much, why are you shopping there?

[MollyMac]

Read the whole thing, find out for yourself.