What do you call these and where do you come from?

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Plimsolls. From Home Counties.

DD who is being brought up in Bristol, Daps.

When nursery asked us to send in some daps I went in to work and asked the team what it meant. The locals were and knew what they were. The non locals were just .

In my house its pumps. My posh SIL says plimsols. Both born in Midlands.

Yorkshire Dp calls them pumps. It sets my teeth on edge so the children do it too. grrrrrer!

Gym shoes or sand shoes depending on context in my posh southern upbringing.

Plimsolls. London
Not allowed them as a child as my mum was convinced they ruined your feet - always wanted them...

Gutties. Lanarkshire, Scotland.

slip-ons

USA

Black Sannies SW Scotland - I remember having to wear them for the first couple of days of term because the "clothing grant" hadn't come through (1960's) so we didn't had have our school shoes yet - my wee mum had quite a few of us in school and we had a waste of space dad - she was mortified that we had to do this :)

Pumps in west/south Yorkshire

Gutties, Scottish

Or when younger, rubbers

gymmies - north east scotland

Daps - West Country. Though would probably call them plimsolls if I'm not in the South West.

Slip-ons
USA

Plimsolls. I'm from london. Dh is from wales and calls them daps. Dc call them gym shoes.

They'm Daps them. - Wiltshire.

Gymmies or plimmies with a vague notion that they were really 'plimsoles'.

Scotland

Pumps, kept in your pump bag with the rest of your PE kit (Leeds). My DC call them daps, kept in your dap bag with the rest of your PE kit (wiltshire). I had no idea what daps were supposed to be when I arrived here.

Daps. South Wales

Another sand-shoes NE England

They were plimsolls when I was growing up in West London (trainers didn't exist then, Dunlop Green Flash tennis shoes were as sporty as it got )

After 30+ years in Lancs, they are now pumps

Pumps - North Wales

Daps used in South Wales. Interesting to know what that stands for so thanks Armadillo.

Gutties (pronounced guddies)- NI. Might call them plimsolls on a posher day.

P.S. high five olddear and cormoran

Plimsolls - Essex

Pumps in the midlands.