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[cheriere]

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.❤️

[spumoni99]

I have always called them tennis shoes.  Never really thought about it but it is kind of a funny name.

[ALRATIBA]

@cheriere 

I'm a NY'er and I wear snakers.  Here's a map I found some time ago.

[LadybugDG]

Tennis shoes 

[They CallMe MRWILKES]

Always sneakers, even when playing tennis.

We thought calling them "tennis shoes" was pretentious.  An exotic, foreign term.

New York now.  New York always.   New York forever!

[SaveTheTurtles]

I say sneakers.

[cheriere]

@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!

[meallen616]

I'm from Jersey, we call them sneakers!

[kitcat51]

Gym shoes.

[Jk9]

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.