Sneakers or tennis shoes??

[PrettyPetite]

I say sneakers. Most people that I know were born and raised down here (south florida) say the same thing. I have never heard anyone call them tennis shoes.



For a hot minute (back in high school) I used to call them kicks.

[ClassyLady]

I'm from Philly and we call them sneakers or sneaks for short. But, since I have come down south for school (Florida) I have heard people calling those cheap little, no-name sneakers like KEDS "white girls." Has anyone else heard this? We always called them bo-bo's.

[PrettyPetite]

Originally posted by ClassyLady
But, since I have come down south for school (Florida) I have heard people calling those cheap little, no-name sneakers like KEDS "white girls." Has anyone else heard this? We always called them bo-bo's.

Well, I am from FL and I called them Bo-Bo's too. this white girls thing is new to me too! LOL Remember, a lot of people come down here for school, especially if you are in Tally, so maybe that originated somewhere else.

[Peaches-n-Cream]

We called them skippies!

Originally posted by ClassyLady
I'm from Philly and we call them sneakers or sneaks for short. But, since I have come down south for school (Florida) I have heard people calling those cheap little, no-name sneakers like KEDS "white girls." Has anyone else heard this? We always called them bo-bo's.

[Imagine22]

Tennis shoes. But I can't stand when people pronounce it "teny shoes" or "tennys"

SweetestDiva, you would definately hate me cause that is how I pronounce it..."teny shoes"...lol

those cheap little, no-name sneakers like KEDS "white girls." Has anyone else heard this? We always called them bo-bo's.

In Cleveland, we call no-name shoes and Payless shoes "Buddies"....never heard them called "white girls" before...but we do call white girls "Becky's or Buffy's", but that is a different subject entirely...lol

-G-

[UNIQUE97]

Tennis Shoes. Although in the midwest we do call those plain white tennis shoes "white girls".

[SoTrue1920]

Sneakers or trainers for athletic shoes, but Keds for...well.. Keds.

[Six_Three_Sigma]

At home in Harlem, we call athletic shoes sneakers.

GOMAB

[Quiet Touch]

Well, I'm from the South as well...(MS).... and I usually say both; sneakers and tennis "shoes"...

[snuggles12]

I call them sneakers and keds or no name sneakers are known as bo-bo's.

Does anyone say the little bo-bo's rhyme: bo-bo's they make your feet feel fine, bo-bo's they cost a $1.49, bo-bo's etc......?

Originally posted by ClassyLady
I'm from Philly and we call them sneakers or sneaks for short. But, since I have come down south for school (Florida) I have heard people calling those cheap little, no-name sneakers like KEDS "white girls." Has anyone else heard this? We always called them bo-bo's.

[CJUS]

We call off brand shoes "buddies", "skips", "white girls".

My son came in the other day singing this song:

Payless shoes ain't got no grip
You will fall and bust your lip.

Of course I told them better.

[kizzie22]

We say both sneakers and tennis shoes.

[Zetaphied]

I've always called them sneakers or kicks

[NoShame_Gamma]

Tennis or Tennis Shoes, pronounced: Tennie or Tennie shoes Sorry SweetestDiva if I'm making you cringe

[Alias_01]

GYM SHOES all the way!!