I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me.
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I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me. Thoughts?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-style-rule-to-follow-if-you-want-to-wear-sneakers-to-the-office-20260212-p5o1vy.html -
I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me. Thoughts?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-style-rule-to-follow-if-you-want-to-wear-sneakers-to-the-office-20260212-p5o1vy.html@johnquiggin I grew up in NSW and they've always been sneakers for me
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I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me. Thoughts?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-style-rule-to-follow-if-you-want-to-wear-sneakers-to-the-office-20260212-p5o1vy.html@johnquiggin joggers, runners or kicks here.
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I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me. Thoughts?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-style-rule-to-follow-if-you-want-to-wear-sneakers-to-the-office-20260212-p5o1vy.html@johnquiggin
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I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me. Thoughts?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-style-rule-to-follow-if-you-want-to-wear-sneakers-to-the-office-20260212-p5o1vy.htmlAs a Native Speaker of Australian English, they've always been “sneakers” to me, @johnquiggin. The US equivalent seems to be “runners”.
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I have never before seen an Australian use the term "#sneakers", which has always seemed bizarrely American to me. Thoughts?
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-style-rule-to-follow-if-you-want-to-wear-sneakers-to-the-office-20260212-p5o1vy.htmlI wore sneakers as a kid. NSW, a lifetime ago. IIRC, they were more like sandshoes /tennis shoes than running shoes - lightweight, thin soles. Gym boots were much the same, but finished above your ankles. I still fondly remember feeling like I was flying one time when I was running fast, my shoes were so light. They disappeared from our fashion by my late teens—or at least the name had.
Parents continued to call jogging styles sneakers, well, for the rest of their lives.
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@johnquiggin I grew up in NSW and they've always been sneakers for me
@HardBeingGreen @johnquiggin I'm older but also grew up in NSW, and we just had sneakers, then there were gymboots, and finally runners. I guess it depends on the style.
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@HardBeingGreen @johnquiggin I'm older but also grew up in NSW, and we just had sneakers, then there were gymboots, and finally runners. I guess it depends on the style.
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