[pirate]

"Sneakers, they are trainers, you are not American are you!!"

True dat. Sneakers sounds well gay.

[seasidewolf]

"Sneakers, they are trainers, you are not American are you!!"

True dat. Sneakers sounds well gay.

They are SNEAKERS!!!
Better than bloody "pumps"!

[mr.pure]

They are not bloody sneakers !
On this side of the pond they're trainers, always have been, always will be.
Fuck's sake, we've got enough american culture over here, let's try and keep what Englishness we've got left.

[seasidewolf]

They are not bloody sneakers !
On this side of the pond they're trainers, always have been, always will be.
Fuck's sake, we've got enough american culture over here, let's try and keep what Englishness we've got left.

But I don't use the phrase colorway!

[mr.pure]

Thank christ for that !

[Lorrie]

'trainers' is kind of stupid. I mean, you don't actually train in them, do you? wear them down the gym or out for a jog or some light jazzercize? i made the mistake of running 5km in stan smiths once. ouch.

sneakers is at least slightly more accurate: they can be used for sneaking around in, with the rubber sole.

now what the fk is a 'jumPAH?'

[Samo]

I call my soops sneakers, but what i wear to the gym i call trainers. I dont train in my soops or stan smiths, or they would be called trainers too. I dont have a problem with calling them sneakers.

And anyway, i thought part of being English was absorbing everyones culture and making it your own...

[mr.pure]

Is it fuck, that's what's forced upon us by the (non) government.
Being English is having your identity rotted away so that you can't even call Christmas Christmas anymore or celebrate St George's day without being branded a racist.

[spitey]

oh dear... take cover

[Samo]