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[Puppy Lips]

Tennis shoes !!!!  BTW, our dog's name is Sneakers!

[cheriere]

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@Puppy Lips wrote:

Tennis shoes !!!!  BTW, our dog's name is Sneakers!

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😂  That's too funny! It does make a good name for a dog! Thanks for sharing.❤️

[KingstonMom]

Here in the deep South, they're tennis shoes, even if you've never played tennis in your life!

[Qgirl26]

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@ALRATIBA wrote:

@cheriere 

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

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Cincinnatian here and yep, they are and always have been gym shoes to me. I didn't realize that was such a regional thing and that so few of us use that term!

[Sassycoco]

We call then sneakers....in PA.

[proudlyfromNJ]

Live in NY, grew up in NJ. Sneakers both states.

[Shanus]

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes wrote:

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!

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@THEY CallMe Mr Wilkes   Yes, sneakers. Born and NY and most of my family there or FL. Everyone calls them sneakers....even if at the gym....still sneakers.

[Bri369]

Chicago - Gym shoes.

[mspatmac]

Sneakers in NJ growing up.  Through activities during my life I have worn specific shoes, tennis only, running, walking, basketball and general. 

The umbrella word in Sneakers which I love and wear most days.

[Foxxee]

I always called them sneakers, but more recently, with all the different styles, I call them by their function.

Athletic shoes for walking, jogging, tennis, basketball, etc.

Fashion sneakers that are worn for fashion.   

I call styles like Keds just plain old sneakers.