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> a large sneaker site based in the UK You don't call them sneakers in the UK though do you? I thought you called them 'trainers'.
by patrickbynu 9y ago
> a large sneaker site based in the UK
You don't call them sneakers in the UK though do you? I thought you called them 'trainers'.
- _asummers 9y agoI've heard "runners" as well.
- bartread 9y agoNot in general parlance, but people know what sneakers are, and certainly those into collecting would probably use the term.
- jaymzcampbell 9y agoWithin the office and industry, it was "sneakers" everywhere. [1]. All the guys in the office and anyone seriously collecting or lurking on the forums pretty much always said "sneakers". Anyone who wasn't into the scene though would say trainers. I'm from Northern Ireland, so until I moved to the "mainland" I actually referred to them as "guddies". [2] [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20131031030318/http://www.crookedtongues.com:80/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131031030318/http://www.crooke... [2] https://www.inyourpocket.com/belfast/How-till-spake-Norn-Iron-A-guide-to-local-phrases_70619f?&page=1 https://www.inyourpocket.com/belfast/How-till-spake-Norn-Iro...
- sosa2k 9y agoWhat about "creps"?
- dboreham 9y agoGym Shoes. Or if you're my Dad: Plimsolls.