Midwesterners-Do you call sneakers/tennis shoes "GYM SHOES" and where are you from?

I grew up in Chicago and my boyfriend (he%26#039;s French) keeps teasing me about calling my Nikes %26#039;gym shoes%26#039; instead of sneakers/tennis shoes/trainers.





Basically I%26#039;m wondering where else outside of Chicago are they called gym shoes? I guess its probably used elsewhere in the Midwest but I%26#039;ve only heard it from Chicagoans.





Also if you%26#039;re from the Midwest and call them something else, where exactly are you from %26amp; what do you call them?

Midwesterners-Do you call sneakers/tennis shoes %26quot;GYM SHOES%26quot; and where are you from?
im from central illinois and i call them gym shoes..


maybe where both just weird..=]
Reply:I%26#039;m from Minnesota and for as long as I can remember I%26#039;ve called them shoes.
Reply:I%26#039;m from Kansas, and my whole family calls them tennis shoes.
Reply:I%26#039;m from Kansas and I call them tennis shoes
Reply:im from michigan and i call my shoes %26quot;kicks%26quot;
Reply:im from texas n i call dem sneakers or jus shoes lol



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