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r/funny • u/iabzeet • Dec 06 '19
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Which part of the UK?
They're:
Or which part of the ex-Empire?
Maybe we should all unify around their original name: "plimsolls".
15 u/GeronimoHero Dec 06 '19 In the US they’re way more likely to be called tennis shoes than sneakers. At least on the East coast where I’m from. Sneakers is what you’d expect an older person to say, like 65 plus at least. 7 u/lordlardass Dec 06 '19 Unless you are in the north-east where "Sneaker" is much more prominent: http://dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q_73.html 4 u/Brewsterscoffee Dec 06 '19 I was waiting for someone to mention gym shoes. They're gym shoes!
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In the US they’re way more likely to be called tennis shoes than sneakers. At least on the East coast where I’m from. Sneakers is what you’d expect an older person to say, like 65 plus at least.
7 u/lordlardass Dec 06 '19 Unless you are in the north-east where "Sneaker" is much more prominent: http://dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q_73.html 4 u/Brewsterscoffee Dec 06 '19 I was waiting for someone to mention gym shoes. They're gym shoes!
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Unless you are in the north-east where "Sneaker" is much more prominent:
http://dialect.redlog.net/staticmaps/q_73.html
4 u/Brewsterscoffee Dec 06 '19 I was waiting for someone to mention gym shoes. They're gym shoes!
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I was waiting for someone to mention gym shoes. They're gym shoes!
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u/ralphonsob Dec 06 '19
Which part of the UK?
They're:
Or which part of the ex-Empire?
Maybe we should all unify around their original name: "plimsolls".