Interesting Articles...

[cholent]

surprised this hasn't made it here yet might be deserving of its own thread
http://mishpacha.com/Browse/Article/8312/In-Her-Place

I saw that, and was very disturbed by it

[elit]

I saw that, and was very disturbed by it

yup and he hasn't backed down at all
thought this was a very appropriate response https://cross-currents.com/2017/07/03/orthodox-women-crowd/

[aygart]

Which yeshiva?

What difference does it make. This is a very important potential ramification of the yeshivos using houses as dorms illegally. There is a very high potential cost to it.

[hvaces42]

yup and he hasn't backed down at all
thought this was a very appropriate response https://cross-currents.com/2017/07/03/orthodox-women-crowd/

Equally as good
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/beyond-the-mehitza-a-response-to-yisroel-besser/

He has doubled down on Twitter as well

[good sam]

http://www.rd.com/culture/regional-sayings-phrases-words/amp/

[ExGingi]

http://www.rd.com/culture/regional-sayings-phrases-words/

Can't give you all the alternative words I hear from some relatives, but some that come to mind are the obvious Rubbish Bin, and the much more local specific: Tackies. This article is US centric. HSBC used to have ads at airports (maybe they still do, haven't been paying attention) highlighting regional differences in language.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

http://www.rd.com/culture/regional-sayings-phrases-words/amp/

DW is 9 out of 9 and I was 8 out of 9. For the record it is gym shoes. 

[skyguy918]

DW is 9 out of 9 and I was 8 out of 9. For the record it is gym shoes. 

As with the tweet above, that's the one that makes me doubt the whole enterprise. There's no way that many people say tennis shoes. Sneakers is way more ubiquitous, I don't care where you're from. There's no background info on the page about the data set either, just the number of people allegedly surveyed.

[12HRS]

As with the tweet above, that's the one that makes me doubt the whole enterprise. There's no way that many people say tennis shoes. Sneakers is way more ubiquitous, I don't care where you're from. There's no background info on the page about the data set either, just the number of people allegedly surveyed.

you need to get out of queens more

[aygart]

http://www.rd.com/culture/regional-sayings-phrases-words/amp/

It is interesting how a bunch of the words transition right in the middle of NJ right near Lakewood.

[skyguy918]

you need to get out of queens more

Right, because people from Queens can only know other people from Queens.

You realize there's a huge culture of sneakerheads all over the US (and really globally as well). I guarantee none of those people call them anything but sneakers.

[ExGingi]

You realize there's a huge culture of sneakerheads all over the US (and really globally as well). I guarantee none of those people call them anything but sneakers.

And you do realize that sneakerheads are a tiny percentage of the population. For the rest, there are other names. 

[12HRS]

Right, because people from Queens can only know other people from Queens.

You realize there's a huge culture of sneakerheads all over the US (and really globally as well). I guarantee none of those people call them anything but sneakers.

how does your evidence prove that a large part of the country does not call them tennis shoes? I know when I walk into some stores they have a tennis shoe section not a sneaker section (yea it says tennis shoes on the wall).

FYI, I call em sneakers...

[skyguy918]

And you do realize that sneakerheads are a tiny percentage of the population. For the rest, there are other names. 

It's indicative of pop culture as a whole. Like with tons of celebrities (especially but not limited to athletes) with closets full of sneakers.

how does your evidence prove that a large part of the country does not call them tennis shoes? I know when I walk into some stores they have a tennis shoe section not a sneaker section (yea it says tennis shoes on the wall).

FYI, I call em sneakers...

           

That was 3 of the first 5 I checked. The others usually just said athletic shoes or some other general catch-all.

Bottom line is, sneakers is absolutely far and away the normative term.

ETA: Plenty more that say sneakers. Have yet to find the term tennis shows or gym shoes on a site selling athletic shoes.

      

[ExGingi]

It's indicative of pop culture as a whole. Like with tons of celebrities (especially but not limited to athletes) with closets full of sneakers.



           

That was 3 of the first 5 I checked. The others usually just said athletic shoes or some other general catch-all.

Bottom line is, sneakers is absolutely far and away the normative term.

ETA: Plenty more that say sneakers. Have yet to find the term tennis shows or gym shoes on a site selling athletic shoes.

      

You really take your research seriously. 

Then again, with today's technology they might be using all kinds of tracking to see where you're from. 

[Toasted]

http://money.cnn.com/2017/07/12/news/securitas-ceo-stolen-identity-bankrupt/index.html

[Yammer]

It's indicative of pop culture as a whole. Like with tons of celebrities (especially but not limited to athletes) with closets full of sneakers.

That was 3 of the first 5 I checked. The others usually just said athletic shoes or some other general catch-all.

Bottom line is, sneakers is absolutely far and away the normative term.

ETA: Plenty more that say sneakers. Have yet to find the term tennis shows or gym shoes on a site selling athletic shoes.

Nice job.

Was thinking about it.

[whYME]

A majority of the geographic area doesn't necessarily mean a majority of the people in that area.

[whYME]

http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-nevada-marijuana-20170711-story.html

#firstWorldProblems

[elit]

Equally as good
http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/beyond-the-mehitza-a-response-to-yisroel-besser/

He has doubled down on Twitter as well

did not think that was equally as good