Do they still call them "tennis shoes"?

Trainers is a name one hears a lot in England. Gum-shoes was once used. Baskets is used in France, derived from Basquettes, I like to think, rather than basketball, but who knows? Tackies in South Africa, jong, or sand-shoes among the rooineks in Durban and the South Coast.

Do they still call them "tennis shoes"?
Yes, I still do. And I don't play tennis.
Reply:no
Reply:Some Southerners do. I am from the North and moved down south several years ago. We called them sneakers. So when people called them "tennis shoes" down here, I thought tennis as in the sport. So I was very confused at first. But if we went to a store and asked where the "sneakers" were, no one had any idea what we were talking about. Now we just call them "shoes."
Reply:yea I still use that when talking with older folks, but if I am talking with my friends. It's gym shoes.
Reply:Depends on what "them" is! There are certain types of shoes that I might refer to as tennis shoes, but if you are referring to general run of the mill sneakers such as made by Nike or Reebok or whoever, then nope!
Reply:I use the terms pretty much interchangeably, although I'm more apt to write "sneakers" because it's faster to type!
Reply:I do.
Reply:I usually just call them shoes.
Reply:better than calling them "sneakers" doncha think?
Reply:i call the shoes i wear to tennis, tennis shoes
Reply:Shoes. gym shoes. this time of year, the only "shoes" that find my feet are open toe.
Reply:if they want to. usually the older ppl do
Reply:no there called nike's adida's and fubu's and rebook,and jordens and so on and so one and so on
Reply:Of course everybody in my town calls em that course I live in Arkansas.



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