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Post by Arlon10 on Feb 26, 2017 9:27:32 GMT
The two main reasons for this topic are 1) Your anonymity on this board and 2) I saw the polling option in the board software and just had to write a poll.
In days long gone all "dress" shoes had very hard soles and made a sound when you walked on hard floors while wearing them. They were not good for sports or running though. Most people continued to wear dress shoes with hard soles because they didn't want to be "sneaky" about where they went. Also, other people called the soft soled shoes "sneakers."
People who didn't like calling them sneakers often called them "tennis" shoes instead.
Police detectives wore soft soled shoes to help them catch people unaware or otherwise avoid disclosing their presence. The nickname "gumshoe" came to refer not only to the shoes but to the detective as well. For example in the video game Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego where you play a detective one of the ranks you get as you move up in rank is gumshoe.
The designs have changed over the years. Now there are shoes with very thick soft soles. Those are sometimes called "basketball" shoes.
So what did your parents call soft soled shoes? What did you call them when you became parents? How anonymous are you (We can guess, but tell us anyway.) on this board? Is there any connection?
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Post by Aj_June on Feb 26, 2017 9:30:16 GMT
I dislike the word "sneakers". Running shoe sounds fine (exercise shoe also sounds fine to me.)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 9:47:22 GMT
I always have said sneakers 😂
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Post by Arlon10 on Feb 26, 2017 9:51:01 GMT
I dislike the word "sneakers". Running shoe sounds fine (exercise shoe also sounds fine to me.) Hey, somebody voted for sneakers without leaving a comment. I didn't do that. I didn't even know you could do that. Almost no one calls them sneakers anymore where I live. People wear dress shoes a lot less often too. At first and long, long time ago when I was in school the teachers would call them "gym" shoes (another option) or sneakers. I suspect some people called them sneakers deliberately to make them unpopular. A mom would say, "Now you put on a tie and your dress shoes and go downstairs and greet your Uncle, and don't you dare wear those sneakers." And the kid would say, "But, mom, it's just Uncle Harry." I have a pair of dress shoes, but if I'm just going to the grocery store I often wear more comfortable shoes. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 9:51:54 GMT
"trainers"
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Post by Sulla on Feb 26, 2017 9:54:55 GMT
I grew up calling them tennis shoes. No one I knew called them sneakers. A few decades later I started calling them athletic shoes.
How anonymous am I on this board? I don't know how to answer that question. But I do know this thread reminds me of this song.
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Post by Arlon10 on Feb 26, 2017 10:00:49 GMT
I always have said sneakers 😂 There was a big battle where I grew up. You couldn't miss it because adults became stressed when talking about it. They hadn't decided themselves what to call them and in what company. It was the battle between sneakers and tennis shoes. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 10:08:01 GMT
Trainers, pumps, and daps.
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Post by Arlon10 on Feb 26, 2017 10:28:37 GMT
I grew up calling them tennis shoes. No one I knew called them sneakers. A few decades later I started calling them athletic shoes.
How anonymous am I on this board? I don't know how to answer that question. But I do know this thread reminds me of this song. << Steely Dan - Kay Lied (1975, Studio Album) 02 Bad Sneakers >> See link above.
Although I have only one pair of dress shoes I have 12 ties. Three of them are ultraconservative, thin, dark. I usually wear one of those three. The shoes are ultraconservative. No adornments, wing tips, penny loafers, do you remember penny loafers? When I was a kid my parents bought me a pair of penny loafers, but I couldn't bring myself to put the penny in. The three ties were handed down to me. I can't find ties that conservative in the stores anymore. The other nine are fairly conservative, but two are a good bit "loud" should the occasion present itself. |
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Post by Sulla on Feb 26, 2017 10:37:14 GMT
Yeah, I remember penny loafers, and I put a penny in them. When I was a child, I pretty much did what all my friends did.
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Post by Wesley Crusher on Feb 26, 2017 13:10:07 GMT
Tennis shoes
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Feb 26, 2017 13:18:11 GMT
I interchange tennis shoes with just saying Nike's
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Post by Vegas on Feb 26, 2017 15:03:55 GMT
Can you vote twice? I've always used both "sneakers" and "tennis shoes".  |
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Post by Arlon10 on Feb 26, 2017 15:46:54 GMT
Can you vote twice? I've always used both "sneakers" and "tennis shoes". I thought about giving people two votes a long time and went with just one. You have a good point though. Many people used two names. |
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Post by filmfan95 on Feb 26, 2017 17:11:18 GMT
I just called them "shoes."
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Post by progressiveelement on Feb 26, 2017 17:18:29 GMT
Trainers
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Post by fatpaul on Feb 26, 2017 19:52:57 GMT
Trainers. As in McVicar: where's my fuckin' trainers?
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Post by RedRuth1966 on Feb 26, 2017 20:56:43 GMT
Trainers, pumps, and daps. I've only heard Bristollians call them Daps, mind. You're a carrot cruncher? |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 26, 2017 21:01:41 GMT
Trainers, pumps, and daps. I've only heard Bristollians call them Daps, mind. You're a carrot cruncher? Them's me daps mind. Gert lush innum... Don't tell I, tell ee. |
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Post by vomisacaasi on Feb 26, 2017 21:23:04 GMT
You need to add the option for voting for multiple options. Depending on who/when/where/what I was speaking I would call them gym shoes or sneakers or tennis shoes.
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