https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 12 Apr 2026 17:48:13 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2056302 Wed, 28 Aug 2019 11:10:55 +0000 Elizabeth P 2056302@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Well, how interesting.&nbsp; I am obviously more New Brunswicker or Maritimer than Canadian, cuz to me they are sneakers.&nbsp; Tennis shoes are for tennis... runners are for running... sneakers are for good ole fashioned all purpose...sneaking.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055976 Tue, 27 Aug 2019 00:01:01 +0000 Windchime 2055976@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Great question. As a child growing up in Michigan, they were tennis shoes. At some point in high school or college, they became gym shoes. And now I never know what to call them. Athletic shoes is a serious overstatement, in my case. My solution is to call them my Nike’s. Or my Brook’s. Or my walking shoes. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055967 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:56:47 +0000 Susie 2055967@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sneakers!</p> <p>From the quiz, I got Baltimore, Washington and Winston Salem NC. Pretty accurate since I grew up about an hour north of Bal'more and now live in the south! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055963 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 22:05:46 +0000 Tina 2055963@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Seattle here. Always tennis shoes or tennies unless they are for running, walking or cross training. Then they sometimes get called by their function, but it's still "where are my turquoise/red/black/white tennis shoes?"&nbsp;</p> <p>That quiz puts me in Seattle, Spokane or Portland. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055935 Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:07:15 +0000 nuancedream 2055935@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Growing up on the East Coast, athletic shoes were called sneakers. I play tennis and I wear court shoes, not tennis shoes. I realize court shoes are something entirely different in the UK. They are low to medium height pumps with a low cut vamp. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055633 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 02:08:56 +0000 cheryl 2055633@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I'm from Michigan and it has always been tennis shoes or tennies for me </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055464 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 09:36:28 +0000 LaPed 2055464@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>New Englander with New Yorker parents. Only ever sneakers and soda! French Canadian husband used to say pop. Not sure I've heard him say it recently though. Maybe he's joined the dark side. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055461 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 08:49:29 +0000 Cardiff girl 2055461@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Gutties is Scottish,here in Wales they are dappers or daps for short. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055445 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 06:34:38 +0000 Jane 2055445@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Has anyone heard the term 'gutties' - a long time ago I had an irish BF and he used that term for trainers.&nbsp;</p> <p>I love the word 'sneaks' and I think that is what I am going to use from here on in - but trainers would be the word I would normally use.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/3#post-2055366 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 03:32:27 +0000 Echo 2055366@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>HaHa, JAileen! Skiing DEFINITELY means snow for us! There are some performers who water ski, but for us plebes, it is always snow! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055359 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 03:26:41 +0000 JAileen 2055359@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Growing up in Northern California, skiing meant in the mountains on snow. When I moved to Texas, skiing meant water skiing. Otherwise they called it snow skiing. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055357 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 03:20:54 +0000 Echo 2055357@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marilyn: Yes, people still do roller skate and/or roller blade. Rinks, where you can go to skate away the afternoon, have both; I still roller skate (like in the 1970's with quad wheels), while I have purchased roller blades for my Daughter (where the wheels are all in-line). Roller-skating is definitely most popular where we skate. LOTS of "old" people wear roller skates, while a few younger peeps wear roller blades. Roller blades are more popular when it comes to renting skates for going 'round the lakes, but quad skates are more popular for rink skating. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055351 Sat, 24 Aug 2019 01:48:39 +0000 The Cat 2055351@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>In some Scandinavian languages they are generally called "jogging shoes," though they might never be worn for jogging. However, people over 75 tend to still call them "tennis shoes" or just "rubber shoes." </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055284 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 19:08:10 +0000 Tina 2055284@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Another Canadian who calls them runners. Interestingly though, we out-in-the-boonies northern Albertans were introduced to the use of sneakers in elementary school. We had numerous teachers come from Atlantic Canada and they called them sneakers. They usually got blank stares until we clued in, combine this with them trying to pronounce various Mennonite last names, it made for some giggles at the start of the school year:-) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055278 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 18:26:49 +0000 Gail 2055278@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sneakers , trainers or plimsoles. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055258 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 16:33:24 +0000 Janet 2055258@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Lifelong resident of mid-Atlantic US and grew up with “tennis shoes.” But somewhere along the line, “sneakers” took over. Tennis shoes seems too specific to, well, tennis! </p> <p>I still call soft drinks “soda” but go further south of the Mason Dixon line and everything is a “coke” which is still weird to me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055231 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:54:42 +0000 Marilyn 2055231@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p><div><b>Echo</b>......Skates go on ice.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are on land you are on roller blades.&nbsp; If you say, "I'm going skating" or "I'm going roller blading" there is no confusion as to what activity you're doing. :)</div><div><br /></div><div>Do people actually still roller skate.&nbsp; They were replaced decades ago with roller blades which are basically a skate with a single row of wheels instead of a blade.&nbsp; <br /></div></p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055213 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 14:12:58 +0000 Anonymous 2055213@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We refer to soft drinks as soft drinks. &nbsp;Also agreeing that ice skates is redundant. What the heck else are you skating on ? &nbsp;(no one is in danger of roller skating in Canada - lol). &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055205 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 13:52:05 +0000 Nitsirk 2055205@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Hello, A Canadian who grew up in New Brunswick; sneakers. But runners is common too. Solidly sneakers in my family though. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055115 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:57:23 +0000 cindysmith 2055115@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I used to call them tennis shoes when I lived in Georgia, but once I moved to Louisiana, I picked up the habit of calling them sneakers. Not sure why? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055099 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:30:27 +0000 DonnaF 2055099@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sneaks and tennies. But I guess I would probably say sneakers these days due to sneaker culture. Californian. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055097 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:26:53 +0000 Jaime 2055097@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Sneakers. Grew up from the age of 8 in NJ . </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055094 Fri, 23 Aug 2019 01:01:44 +0000 Echo 2055094@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Marilyn: It is to distinguish between roller skating and ice skating! And what do Canadians call soft drinks? We call it pop here, though many people call it soda; in the south they tend to call it all coke. </p> <p>When I take the quiz, I can make it come out either for Boston or Madison/Milwaukee, but I still call them rotaries, and people still laugh at me for not pronouncing marry the same as merry and Mary. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055085 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 23:08:05 +0000 Molly Mac 2055085@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up in the US in the Deep South and like Preppy Pear noted, they were called "tenny shoes". I now live in the Mid Atlantic region and my three boys and all the teenagers call them sneakers. There is sneaker culture and sneaker heads if you are really into buying and selling high end sneakers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055083 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:55:49 +0000 Kate 2055083@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I’m from North Carolina—it was always sneakers. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055068 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:23:37 +0000 Suz 2055068@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>&nbsp;Canadian chiming in with runners!&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055061 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:56:08 +0000 Marilyn 2055061@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Just did that test.&nbsp; My 3 cities are Seattle, Tacoma and Spokane.&nbsp; I guess I'd blend in in Washington. :)&nbsp; They're close to Canada, I guess.&nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055057 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:50:10 +0000 Anonymous 2055057@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up in the Midwest. &nbsp;We called the tennis shoes. &nbsp; </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055055 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:37:08 +0000 Marilyn 2055055@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p> <div>Another Canadian.......They're runners or running shoes! :)&nbsp; I've never used the word sneakers or tennis shoes.&nbsp; <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Americans also say ice skates and ice skating which seems redundant.&nbsp; Here, it's just skates and skating.&nbsp; <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>If you say soda in Canada that would be Club Soda.....basically carbonated water.&nbsp; <br /></div> </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/do-you-call-it-sneakers-or-tennis-shoes-or-trainers/page/2#post-2055053 Thu, 22 Aug 2019 20:30:51 +0000 Preppy Pear 2055053@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I grew up with tennis shoes in the Midwest - my mom still calls them “tennies.” I switched to calling them sneakers in college because no one else said tennis shoes. Now that I live in Texas, I have heard them called tennis shoes again, or “tenny shoes.” </p>