Date: Thu, 30 Nov 1995 12:19:14 -0500

From: Stephanie Strassel strassel[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]LING.UPENN.EDU

Subject: Re: sneakers



I grew up in Cincinnati calling them gym shoes. This seems to be the

predominant term in the Cincinnati and Dayton, OH area.



Stephanie Strassel

Department of Linguistics

University of Pennsylvania







I always call them "gym shoes."



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