Tenny Runners (tennis shoes) (1965)

[FRITZ JUENGLING]

'Sneakers' was already an outdated, even comical, term by the time I was
wearing them.   I'm 43/Portland, Oregon.

Always "Tinna Shoes"  It was one of those epiphany moments when I one
day realised it was 'Tennis Shoes."

Fritz J

>>> zwicky at CSLI.STANFORD.EDU 9/22/2006 7:27 AM >>>
On Sep 21, 2006, at 11:12 PM, Barry Popik wrote:

 "sneakers" was the
standard term in my youth, but seems to be rarely used by young
people today.  in any case, the wikipedia entry for "athletic shoe"
lists:


arnold (zwicky at csli.stanford.edu)

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