Tennis shoes? Really?
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It's also a shoe, that you use for training. Or a shoe in the style of that type of shoe.
You do not just sneak in them, or sneak at all.
You do not just play tennis in them.
I just hear shoes here in the Bay Area. Latinos will either call it Tenis or zapatos in Spanish.
I’m in Texas and growing up I’ve always heard them called tennis shoes.
So does Mexico.
I just call everything “shoes.”
Btw calling them “trainers” is so much more dumb. That’s a guy that teaches how to do sports. Not a shoe.
So does Mexico.
I just call everything “shoes.”
Btw calling them “trainers” is so much more dumb. That’s a guy that teaches how to do sports. Not a shoe.
as opposed to calling shoes that are never and will never be used for tennis tennis shoes
I sneak in my sneakers all the time so now its settled
From the northeast and I never called then tennis shoes, but I'm aware people in the rest of the country do.
I always called them sneakers. Always.
I know what 'tennis shoes' means but ... I've always thought it was weird. I think "Trainers" is equally strange. Training for what? Potty training? Pull-ups diapers? Sneakers seems to be something that makes sense, though I get how sneakers is a broad word, which is why we have modifies like "Running sneakers" "basketball sneakers" etc.
It's like knowing Tonic v. Pop v. Soda v. Coke v. whatever wherever you go but still thinking it's weird.
IT's another thing like how old people called shorts "Bermuda shorts."
I always called them sneakers. Always.
I know what 'tennis shoes' means but ... I've always thought it was weird. I think "Trainers" is equally strange. Training for what? Potty training? Pull-ups diapers? Sneakers seems to be something that makes sense, though I get how sneakers is a broad word, which is why we have modifies like "Running sneakers" "basketball sneakers" etc.
It's like knowing Tonic v. Pop v. Soda v. Coke v. whatever wherever you go but still thinking it's weird.
IT's another thing like how old people called shorts "Bermuda shorts."
That doesn’t make “trainers” any better though. Why change it at all if it’ll still be wrong?
Bubbler is my favorite regionalism.While I am surprised to find out its a purely northeastern thing to use the term 'sneakers' - I am more fascinated that there are two separate pockets of people who call water fountains... bubblers?
Bubbler was the first word that I realized was very normal for me, and other people thought I was weird. I have relatives that lived in Idaho and California, and when we all got together for a family reunion they made fun of us for saying bubbler as if it was the weirdest thing ever (it is), but I remember being like "Wtf do you call it?" And they said water fountain or drinking fountain or something, and I was like "oh... I.. I guess that makes a lot of sense..."
But fuck it bubbler for life.
Bubbler
soda (sometimes tonic but that's old people)
sneakers
chips
subs (used to call these grinders when I was a kid, but I've been normalized into subs)
hot dogs
Rotary
Yard sale
Trying to think of other weird regionalisms
This is weird considering a yard sale is in the yard and a garage sale is in the garage. That's the literal reason for the differences.
People love saying "yaaahd" in the Northeast.
Also tennis shoes have been called that for at least 40 years which is why it's probably a catch all.
That's adorable, and I love it.Nothing, and I mean nothing, is as absurd as what I found out Saskatchewan calls a hoodie.
In Canada, we call them Running Shoes. Like normal people.
100% running shoes if we are talking general athletic footwear vs. something more specific.
Soccer was originally what it was called in England, too. They started it, but so many of them choose to forget it.
Ask yourself that question, tennis-shoesy
They call them trainers because you use them when you're training, the same way you call them tennis shoes because they used to be used primarily for tennis.
You're both wrong SNEAKER GOD FOREVER
I just call them all shoes since I usually only wear sandals, unless I'm at work, or a nice event.
Urgh, this again.
What it was called was Association Football. Some people said "soccer" (a bit like how some people called Rugby Football "rugger"). Some people didn't. And it was never officially called that.
Southern CA here and I've never heard them called anything but sneakers. I guess it goes to show how diverse regions can be.
This thread is eye opening. Never knew them as anything other than sneakers in English, but...
Same thing in Puerto Rico and I never understood why until now. In some places, people also call any brand of cereal “conflei” (corn flakes). Not sure how that started, though.
Can confirm for Greeks. All cartoons are/were Mickey Mouse, all cereal was cornflakes.
As for the footwear, I went from southern Sneaker territory to NE Sneakerland. Sneakers forever.
Yeah along the west coast I've seen both. Just depends where it's being hosted.
I've lived in Georgia, Texas, Iowa, Illinois, California, Nevada, and North Carolina. They're called tennis shoes everywhere but Chicago, where they're called gym shoes.
Except you can have a yard sale in a garage, and a garage sale in the yard, depending on where you live.
Because that's what the Brits called it. And the reason they call soccer 'football' is dumber than the reason we call our football 'football'.
Yeah, calling a game primarily reliant on using your foot to kick a ball 'football' is definitely dumber than calling a game where you're mostly throwing or holding a ball in your hands 'football'.
The trick is, nobody calls them "Tennis Shoes", thus we don't think about the "Tennis" aspect. What we call them is "Tennishoes", one word.
That’s not why it’s called football. It’s called football because you play it without a horse.
Tennishoes and Sneakers. But even Sneakers is hardly used anymore. I mostly hear the various sub genre's named. "Skate shoes," "Running shoes," "Basketball shoes," etc.. And in some cases they're just referred to by what they specifically are... such as "Jordans," or "Dunks (as in Nike Dunks)," or whatever.