Last May when my wife and I took our TT to Minnesota we met with some friends and one of them said to me, "So, I hear you brought your camper."My response was: "No...we have a travel trailer."I should have caught on when he looked at me with a VERY puzzled expression. In Minnesota, "camper" is a general term for pretty much any RV (I should have remembered 'cause I was born and raised there) but in my vocabulary "camper" refers to a pickup camper. Anyone else run into this?

In SC they use "camper" all the time. I even do it myself. Most refer to RV as one you drive

'Camper' covers almost all of it. My MIL used to call my 5er a motorhome. To her, everything was a motorhome. And to some, every MH is a Winnebago. And to some, every blender is a Cuisinart. Sometimes you just have to hold your tongue.

What, you kiddin'? I don't even call my rig the same thing twice. My HiLo was a camper, RV, trailer, travel trailer, not to mention the things I called it I can't put on here!;) Now we are switching to a Class C, I have called it, jus today, camper, RV, rig, Class C, and truck. Maybe I have ADD. What was I talking about anyway?:h

Pretty much I'm the same as bassman. Perhaps just as distracted too. :)"Camper" refers to anything one camps in except a tent, in my book.

Camper mostly for me here in Florida. RV doesn't sound right to me. Sounds snobbish or like city slicker lingo. I remember when any motor home was a Winnebago no matter who built it. Kinda like a Crescent wrench.

Camping Lingo in different parts of the country

Yellermanx
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
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Yellermanx
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
Camper mostly for me here in Florida. RV doesn't sound right to me. Sounds snobbish or like city slicker lingo.

I remember when any motor home was a Winnebago no matter who built it. Kinda like a Crescent wrench.
kknowlton
Explorer II
Jul 06, 2013
Pretty much I'm the same as bassman. Perhaps just as distracted too. :)
"Camper" refers to anything one camps in except a tent, in my book.
bassman2572
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
What, you kiddin'? I don't even call my rig the same thing twice. My HiLo was a camper, RV, trailer, travel trailer, not to mention the things I called it I can't put on here!;) Now we are switching to a Class C, I have called it, jus today, camper, RV, rig, Class C, and truck. Maybe I have ADD. What was I talking about anyway?:h
2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 06, 2013
'Camper' covers almost all of it. My MIL used to call my 5er a motorhome. To her, everything was a motorhome. And to some, every MH is a Winnebago. And to some, every blender is a Cuisinart.

Sometimes you just have to hold your tongue.
Dtaylor
Explorer
Jul 06, 2013
In SC they use "camper" all the time. I even do it myself. Most refer to RV as one you drive

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