Date:  Thu, 30 Nov 1995 21:33:04 -0500

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

Subject: Re: sneakers



>I grew up in Georgia (b. 1941) and was, until I moved steadily north- and

>westward, a tennis shoe speaker. Now I say a variety of things (sneakers,

>walking shoes, running shoes, aerobic shoes), but never tennis shoes while

>in the non-South because I think it would be taken as a more technical term

>than it actually is (was?).

>    Miriam Meyers, Metropolitan State University, Mpls/St. Paul

>

>

>>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)

>>

>

>Miriam Meyers

>Metropolitan State University

>mmeyers[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]msus1.msus.edu

>

My wife informs me that in the Australian outback, where she grew up, people

referred to them as "muckabouts."