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

390 replies

MardyBra · 03/02/2014 15:08

upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/33/School_plimsolls.jpg

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ShellyF · 06/02/2014 22:47

West of Scotland -wan o wanners when I was at school. (£1.01)

Theimpossiblegirl · 06/02/2014 22:48

Daps. Somerset.
But anything less than wellies we now just call unsuitable footwear. :)
(Trying to keep my sense of humour)

TheBuskersDog · 06/02/2014 22:48

Plimsolls or plimmies as a child in North Yorkshire.

Barabajagal · 06/02/2014 22:49

Daps. Wiltshire/Somerset border.

JJenson · 06/02/2014 22:50

Pumps. Leeds.

Blu · 06/02/2014 22:54

Pumps.
Nottingham.

Now I would say plimsolls but when I was a child plimsolls had laces.

smaths · 06/02/2014 22:55

Gutties - NI

Springcleanish · 06/02/2014 22:58

Daps - Bristol
Plimsoles - South Devon

IAmNotDarling · 06/02/2014 23:01

Pumps - Manchester

AlmostMrsRobinson · 06/02/2014 23:02

Pumps - Lancashire

HorizontalRunningOnly · 06/02/2014 23:02

Plimsoles - kent

SquirtedPerfumeUpNoseInBoots · 06/02/2014 23:03

Guddies.
Northern Ireland

1944girl · 06/02/2014 23:09

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sonlypuppyfat · 06/02/2014 23:11

Pumps W. Midlands though my Welsh Dad called them daps.

DevaDiva · 06/02/2014 23:19

Pumps, Cheshire

Brynhilde · 06/02/2014 23:23

No idea. But am not originally from the UK.

Lagoonablue · 06/02/2014 23:28

Sand shoes north east. Now on north west and call them pumps.

Custardo · 06/02/2014 23:28

pumps - north west

randomfemale · 06/02/2014 23:30

Pumps - South Yorkshire

janeyjampot · 06/02/2014 23:31

Takkis - in Cape Town. At least I think that's how you spell it. I don't think I ever saw it written down.

GoofyIsACow · 06/02/2014 23:35

Pumps - north west

Iwasagnome · 06/02/2014 23:35

Plimsolls. Surrey

NoNoNoMYDoIt · 06/02/2014 23:37

Plimsolls - Devon. Mine were white and lace up and my dad used to put some white paint stuff on them seemingly every week. No idea how I got my feet in them. They must have been stiff as a board

Now live in s Wales where they are daps. And cost £2 in Asda Grin

GoingGoingGoth · 06/02/2014 23:40

Plimsolls - Lincolnshire

Jaynebxl · 06/02/2014 23:44

Grew up in Yorkshire where we called them sandshoes but my Welsh mother always called them daps. Now my posh southern children call them plimsolls despite my best efforts.