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Apparently that's quite regional. I was corrected a few weeks ago because I called a pair of cross-trainers "tennis shoes" - where that person was from "tennis
by LyndsySimon 10y ago
Apparently that's quite regional. I was corrected a few weeks ago because I called a pair of cross-trainers "tennis shoes" - where that person was from "tennis shoes" is much more specific than I understand it.
- marssaxman 10y agoWhat region might that person have been from? I grew up calling them all "tennis shoes", though I don't think I ever met anyone who played tennis. "Sneakers" was a secondary term.
- LyndsySimon 10y agoI want to say they were from Philadelphia, but I'm not 100% sure.
- maxerickson 10y agoYep. http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73.html http://www4.uwm.edu/FLL/linguistics/dialect/staticmaps/q_73....