Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:18:04 -0500

From:  Stephen <lwyrnluv[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IGC.NET>

Subject: Re: sneakers



>Re: sneaker/tennis shoe

>

>When I was much younger, I found that I had to make certain changes in my

>vocabulary every summer as I moved back and forth between New Jersey (old home)

>and Chicago (new home). In New Jersey I had to remember to say sneakers or

>sneaks and in Chicago I had to remember to call them tennis shoes or gym shoes.

>I also heard some of the boys call them keds or high tops, but I forget where I

>was at the time.

>

>  Other things I had to remember:

>    New Jersey BUNS   Chicago SWEET ROLLS

>          Bread       Light or White Bread

>          Soda       Pop

>          ____       Berm

>

>BHHUDSON[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]grove.iup.edu

>

>Where i grew up in Binghamton, NY, we referred to them as "canvas shoes."