It's also a shoe, that you use for training. Or a shoe in the style of that type of shoe.I have never heard anyone outside the UK call them trainers. A trainer is someone who teaches you how to do something.
as opposed to calling shoes that are never and will never be used for tennis tennis shoesI'm in Texas and I've always called them tennis shoes.
So does Mexico.
Calling them "trainers" is so much more dumb. That's a guy that teaches how to do sports. Not a shoe.
That doesn't make "trainers" any better though. Why change it at all if it'll still be wrong?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
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?
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.
That's adorable, and I love it.Nothing, and I mean nothing, is as absurd as what I found out Saskatchewan calls a hoodie.
Canadian here from Ottawa.
I've never heard tennis shoes and we typically don't call them sneakers.
Running shoes is probably the most common, but they might be referred to differently depending on their purpose, such as cross trainers or basketball shoes.
Soccer was originally what it was called in England, too. They started it, but so many of them choose to forget it.I dunno man, why do we call football soccer and make up something else to call football?
We Americans are a strange bunch.
Ask yourself that question, tennis-shoesyThat doesn't make "trainers" any better though. Why change it at all if it'll still be wrong?
Soccer was originally what it was called in England, too. They started it, but so many of them choose to forget it.
Southern CA here and I've never heard them called anything but sneakers. I guess it goes to show how diverse regions can be.I'm from southern California and I've never heard anyone call them sneakers.
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.Tennis or Tennis shoes in Mexico. Well, in spanish, "Zapatos Tennis".
In some places, people also call any brand of cereal "conflei" (corn flakes). Not sure how that started, though.
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.
Except you can have a yard sale in a garage, and a garage sale in the yard, depending on where you live.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.
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'.I dunno man, why do we call football soccer and make up something else to call football?
We Americans are a strange bunch.
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'.
That's not why it's called football. It's called football because you play it without a horse.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'.