eregyrn-falls reblogged
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#linguistics#regionalisms#having grown up in / always lived in the “sneakers” region#to be honest -- that is the WEIRDER of the two terms#“tennis shoes” is straightforward!#(even though it's only one of several sports in which you wear similar athletic shoes)#where the hell did we get “sneakers”?#(i also knew of the “tennis shoes” term from a very young age#because in the Looney Tunes cartoons that's what they're called#- since those were written by people from the west coast -#the big red monster later named Gossamer - ? - was originally just called#The Monster in Tennis Shoes by Bugs Bunny#and I think I later read that Chuck Jones just thought that drawing tennis shoes on incongruous characters was funny so that's why he did i#and he's not wrong)