Shoes?

[Copper]

Yes, sneakers

[Renauda]

Neither.

[xenon]

Huh, I call them runners. Maybe it’s a Canada thing.

[Renauda]

@xenon

Now I call them runners, but when I was a kid many called them “Hong Kong Getaways”. They were always ankle boots of black canvas with white piping and rubber soles. There was also a rubber stamp with Made in Hong Kong embossed on the outward ankle portion. Hence the slang term. The arrival of Adidas in stores in the late 1960s changed all that.

[jon-nyc]

Sneakers growing up. Gym shoes or trainers now.

[Copper]

Avengers!

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[Klaus]

Turnschuh.

[LuFins Dad]

Gym shoes…

[Jolly]

Tennis shoes. Tennies for short

[Catseye3]

Urban blacks call them kicks. Or they did; maybe the term is out of fashion now.