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Tennis shoes? Really?
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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?
If someone said Bubbler I would have no idea what they hell they were talking about lol.
The fuck. People down south call Orange Soda, Orange Coke? How the fuck does that work out?They got you...
I grew up in MA. Can confirm we call them bubblers lol
They don't call every single individual soda Coke, but they use the word Coke to refer to soda generally. 'Want a Coke?' 'Sure.' 'What kind?' 'You got Nehi?'
It's like calling all facial tissue Kleenex.
I say sneakers but I'm from South Florida so I guess that fits. Actually pretty much all of them fit for me except Y'all/you guys which I use both of because I think y'all is fun to say.
It's funny that South Florida is some weird anomaly where we seem to just pick and choose different terms from different regions, but never stay in line with the rest of the south.
It's funny that South Florida is some weird anomaly where we seem to just pick and choose different terms from different regions, but never stay in line with the rest of the south.
This one is actually really good, it pegged me to Worcester, MA which is where I am from.
I feel like I need an example pic cuz sneaker and tennis shoe are both used but not the same thing.
but i don't call them eith...........
"in Chicago or Cincinnati you might call it gym shoes"
fuck, thats accurate lol
"in Chicago or Cincinnati you might call it gym shoes"
fuck, thats accurate lol
Norcal here. I always heard officials (teachers, tv anchors) call them tennis shoes, but I thought that sounded weird as hell since I never see anyone play tennis yet everyone wears these types of shoes. I always called them sneakers, or the specific shoe type they are.
This is scary.
I've lived in Idaho, Minnesota, Illinois, Georgia, Indiana, and Kansas, but I spent my formative years in Minnesota, and it nailed me as Minnesotan.
Yep, I'm from Chicago and it's always been gym shoes for me. I also grew up calling slippers "house shoes". I still do.Born in Chitown. We indeed called them "Gym Shoes" growing up. Moved to Missouri and they say "Tennis shoes" and call pop "Soda".
We call them "tenny shoes" down in Louisiana. I never actually thought about how wrong that is until now...
That's pretty accurate. It had Newark, NJ (my home town) and Winston - Salem, NC (My maternal grandparents' home town) which is how I describe my accent to most people.
That's still weird to me.
"I want a Coke" "Alright, what kind? "I SAID COKE DAMNIT."
With Kleenex though there's no vast array of tissue flavors and types so it's not as confusing.
I don't think this is accurate. I have never heard anyone use coke as the blanket term for pop here in KY. Everyone calls it pop.You must not be from the south then lol
Coke is the universal name for soda here.
Well, this didn't work very well. I was born in Minnesota, raised in Colorado, and it pegs me as Boise / Salt Lake City / Reno.
I'm not particularly surprised, though, as I've changed my pronunciation of many words over the years, and some of the words I use as well. If it had asked about how I spoke as a kid, I'm sure it would've nailed it.
For example, on topic, I only used and heard "tennis shoes", but the ubiquity of people saying "sneakers" around me now has me doing the same. I used the word "pop" growing up, but now say "soda" for the same reason. People making fun of me as a kid changed my pronunciation of "bag" and "aunt", among other words.
I was amazed at some of the weird choices on the quiz, though. "Kitty wampus"? "The wolf is giving birth"? People are fucking crazy.
I once got into an argument with a plant manager about this. He told me one day I couldn't wear tennis shoes on the plant floor (I was wearing Converse), so the next day I wore what were obviously, to me, sneakers and totally different from Converse which I guess he meant by tennis shoes. He blew his top at me and insisted I was fucking with him, but seriously I had no idea wtf he meant by tennis shoes. I'm from New York and was working in Ohio. The hell are tennis shoes?
They're called gym shoes. Sugary fizzy drinks are called pops. Green Bay Packers are trash. Chi-Town checking in.
I'm from SoCal (LA area) and like nobody calls them sneakers around here lol. We call them tennis shoes.
Growing up in Florida, low-tops of any variety were always called tennis shoes. If you got high-tops, they were called basketball shoes. My mom would also use tennies as a few other people have mentioned in the thread.
I usually order a "coke" if I'm getting a fountain drink... regardless of what I plan to actually drink. It's a good catch all and usually there is Coke available. But in general I'll say soda -- I definitely wouldn't be like I'm drinking a coke if I'm drinking some Mountain Dew.
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That makes sense to extent, but I'm not convinced that there are significant strategic benefits to mandating that tennis shoes be called "go-fasts." I really doubt that many misunderstandings over footwear during high stress situations have led to any sort of negative consequences.
All my life in the south I've never once heard soda in general called coke but I've lived in populated places.
Also in the south people say tenneysshoes, it's nasty
Also in the south people say tenneysshoes, it's nasty
On a boat, you don't think the proper choice of footwear at all times isn't important during a potential battle?
The quiz seems to think that I'm from the Las Vegas area. I was born in Indiana, but I also lived in North Carolina for a few years before living in Pennsylvania for a long time. I moved to California in 2011. And I've always said 'soda' and 'tennis shoes' for those items. I don't think I tie too much of what I say to where I grew up, though I *will* make exceptions for one or two examples of certain things. For example, I'd generally say 'creek' but will refer to a couple creeks close to where my dad lives as 'cricks' instead. I used to get called out for saying 'soda' all the time in Pennsylvania, but the only thing I generally get called out for in California is for how I pronounce 'buried' (burr-eed).
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?
I've lived in northern Illinois my entire life and it is either water fountain or drinking fountain. Bubbler, WTF is that?
Holy crap that is accurate. As a kid they were "tennis shoes" but now it is "gym shoes", even if you are 60.
Yes
Really? That's slang for condoms here lol.
I'm not kidding, when I got my first job years and years ago (at Captain D's 😩) my first day this happened:
Me, over the drive through intercom: Okay, so you want a 2 piece fish platter, anything else?
Them: Yeah, a Coke
Me: What kind of Coke?
Them: Strawberry
Me: Strawberry? Sorry ma'am, there's no Strawberry Coke. Do you mean Cherry Coke?
Them: Strawberry!
Me: But...
My co-worker: Move out of the way, dummy... Yes ma'am! Please pull around. (proceeds to fill up a cup of strawberry soda)
Me: But, that's not coke, that's strawberry pop! It's Welches!
Co-Worker: (rolls her eyes)
And for the rest of the time I worked there, it was the same every day...
Gimme a Coke
What kind?
Diet Coke.
Gimme a coke
What kind?
Sprite
What kind?
Mr Pibb
What kind?
Root beer
What kind?
Iced tea
I shit you not.
I absolutely think wearing the proper shoes is extremely important on a boat. Differentiating between different types of shoes during a heated moment, not so much. I imagine most enlisted people wear issued clothing, shoes included.
Enlisted, like officers receive several different types of footwear... Including specialty footwear for their duty station
And they often change shoes during combat? Still not getting your point.
I think your being willfully obtuse at this point. If you can't understand the two concepts of soldiers needing to be on the same page at all times and also their terminology needing to be used by all even if it's a term you don't like then I can't help you.
And yes their are times even during combat when a uniform is changed even down to the shoes.
As a British guy, they've always been trainers to me. That feels right. They're shoes you do some kind of training in.
I spent a lot of time in France growing up, though, and I went to a French-speaking school. Over there they're called tennis shoes or, at least when I was a teenager, "baskets" - as in basketball shoes. Sometimes French kids also just call them "shoes," as in the English word, not "chaussures".
I spent a lot of time in France growing up, though, and I went to a French-speaking school. Over there they're called tennis shoes or, at least when I was a teenager, "baskets" - as in basketball shoes. Sometimes French kids also just call them "shoes," as in the English word, not "chaussures".
I've actually used tennis shoes, running shoes, and sneakers.
How the shoes look tends to determine what I refer to them as.
How the shoes look tends to determine what I refer to them as.