JUst bought a new pair of sneakers, love them. Do you call them sneakers, mostly people in the northeastern part of the US call them that
No, I call them tennis shoes but phonetically it sounds more like tenny shoes.
well whatever you call them the terms generally refer to footware with a flexable rubber sole and the upper made of leather or a synthetic material
That is true.  I only wear them to exercise in.  Otherwise I wear sandals.  Do you wear them often?
Sneakers
Sneakers (also called trainers, athletic shoes, tennis shoes, gym shoes, sport shoes or runners) are shoes primarily designed for sports or other forms of physical exercise, but which are now also widely used for everyday wear. The term generally describes a type of footwear with a flexible sole made of rubber or synthetic material and an upper part made of leather, synthetic substitutes or cloth.
Names and etymology.
The shoes have gone by a variety of names, depending on geography, and changing over
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