Grand Avenue by Mike Thompson for August 24, 2022

Don’t the Brits call them “trainers?” That probably sounds too much like learning. “Sneakers” would work better for him.

I call any shoes like that sneakers, even though the young people today have elevated the description to “running shoes” or other names to sound cool. Welcome to my old-fogie world and take your sneakers off at the front door.

Nailed it!

Ah yes, another regional thing.Growing up in NW Indiana in the shadow of Chicago, we called them “gym shoes”.

Reader’s Digest had a whole series of maps covering stuff like this:https://www.rd.com/list/regional-sayings-phrases-words/

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