Meet the Other Phone. Child-safe in minutes.

Meet the Other Phone.
Child-safe in minutes.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Cunning linguists

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

OP posts:
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

This reply has been deleted

Message withdrawn at poster's request.

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.

Swipe left for the next trending thread