Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 08:32:36 -0800

From: Allen Maberry maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]U.WASHINGTON.EDU

Subject: Re: sneakers



I don't know about that. We always called them "tennis shoes" when I was

growing up in Portland, Or.

Allen

maberry[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]u.washington.edu



On Wed, 29 Nov 1995, Natalie Maynor wrote:



I always thought that "sneakers" was a yankee term. They've always been

"tennis shoes" in Mississippi -- or at least all of my fairly long life.

--Natalie (maynor[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ra.msstate.edu)