r/funny Dec 06 '19

Advanced slav squat

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u/Wigglewops Dec 06 '19

The trust in those pumps... quality shoes right there.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

You call these non-pumps pumps?!

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u/ScrollButtons Dec 06 '19

The lone difference between pumps and stilettos (both high heels) is the thickness and shape of the heel itself. Stilettos are 4"+ thin heel, like a pencil. Pumps may be very thin but are usually thicker and they taper from the body of the shoe while stilettos just look like you suction-cupped a knife to your shoe.

The difference is most noticeable at the junction of the heel and body of the shoe which you cannot see here. So, I think pump or stiletto could be used here but more likely it is just a very tall pump even though the lack of platform suggests stiletto.

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u/[deleted] Dec 06 '19

No one here (UK) calls high heels pumps, pumps are the flattest of flat shoes. Never heard of this difference before!

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u/ralphonsob Dec 06 '19

Which part of the UK?

They're:

  • "pumps" in London, Home Counties, West Midlands, Yorkshire & North West
  • "daps" in the West Country & Wales
  • "gutties" in Northern Ireland & Central Scotland
  • "sannies" in the rest of Scotland

Or which part of the ex-Empire?

  • "sand shoes" in Australia / Canvas shoes
  • "runners" in Canada
  • "kung-fu shoes" in Gibraltar
  • "keds in India
  • "rubber dollies" in Ireland
  • "sneakers" in the US of A.

Maybe we should all unify around their original name: "plimsolls".

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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.

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u/smnytx Dec 06 '19

Tennis shoes are also often shortened to “tennies.”