Fashion

[house_cat]

What do you call shoes like this?

I called them "sneakers" yesterday and my 12 year old students thought that was so funny. Some of them had never heard that word.  I guess I'm showing my age by calling them sneakers?

What would you call them?

[shaggygirl]

I would and do call them SNEAKERS.

[gizmogal]

I call them sneakers. Grew up in Brooklyn, NY. That’s what they are called here, still. Even 12 year olds in Brooklyn call them sneakers. 

If you happen to be in Great Britain, those shoes are called “trainers”. 

OK, so if the 12 year olds laughed at sneakers, what do they call those shoes?  What part of the country would that other word be used? 

[cerb]

I'm from southern CA and we always called them "tennis shoes".  Now I guess I would call them athletic shoes, but old habits die hard.  

[Nightowlz]

Sneakers or tennis shoes. What do your 12 yr old students call them?

See what they think about a typewriter?

[SeaMaiden]

Hmm.... I call them tennis shoes.   I suppose there are all kinds of names now for the different sport shoes.  Walking, running, athletic etc.

[StylishLady]

I used to call them "running shoes", but now sneakers. I remember buying a pair of Nike's for the first time when my older daughter was running cross country at school.

[chrystaltree]

I'm 57 so I call them sneakers and will always call them sneakers.  I think most people today call them atheletic shoes, I don't really know why since the vast majority of people who wear them are not doing anything that is remotely atheletic in them.  

[Magny]

Joggers or aerobic shoes.

[SilleeMee]

We used to call them "Nike's" because that was THE brand to wear back in the day.