[Bigg Red]

And does the rest of the country really call sneakers “tennis shoes”?

We, where I grew up in Chicago, always called them “gym shoes”.

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I have a BIL from Western PA, who used to say “gum shoes” until we teased him out of it.

My NJ-born husband still sometimes says “elastic band” for what I, a native MDer call a “rubber band”.

[Mears]

“My NJ-born husband still sometimes says “elastic band” for what I, a native MDer call a “rubber band”.”

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MA here. We just call them “elastics”.

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