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03-06-2024 01:54 PM - edited 03-06-2024 01:55 PM
Often on air I'll here some hosts refer to these either as Sneakers or Tennis Shoes. Just wondering how you say it 😃
Coincidentally, I've always said tennis shoes. Mainly because I can still remember hearing my grandpa call them this name. I remember in the late 70s whenever he got his first pair. He was hooked since. Keep in mind, he never played tennis and was probably the least likely guy on a farm you'd expect to be wearing them with his overalls. Nonetheless, he wanted a new pair every year for Christmas.❤️
03-06-2024 01:56 PM
I have always called them tennis shoes. Never really thought about it but it is kind of a funny name.
03-06-2024 01:59 PM
03-06-2024 01:59 PM
Tennis shoes ![]()
03-06-2024 02:04 PM - edited 03-06-2024 03:06 PM
Always sneakers, even when playing tennis.
We thought calling them "tennis shoes" was pretentious. An exotic, foreign term.
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03-06-2024 02:06 PM
I say sneakers.
03-06-2024 02:06 PM
@ALRATIBA That's a terrific map! I've heard them referred to as gym shoes a lot too. My mom and many cousins from Cincinnati and Chicago!
03-06-2024 02:07 PM
I'm from Jersey, we call them sneakers!

03-06-2024 02:18 PM
Gym shoes.
03-06-2024 02:18 PM - edited 03-06-2024 02:19 PM
Tennis Shoes here. Heard sneakers occasionally. Even when we wore them in gym class at school, they were tennis shoes or tennies.
I grew up in East Tennessee and then lived in SC.
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