I just heard it around school.
2006-11-09 12:11:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
they r called tennis shoes because they were made for playing tennis in them. sneakers are more for basketball and other sports like that but tennis has its own type of shoe....but they are basically all the same thing.
2006-11-09 12:17:27 · answer #1 · answered by flatteredwu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean by all the different names for casual shoes worn when playing sports. It is confusing isn't it? I think that the game of tennis was invented by a man named the same and he was the first one to have a tennis shoe made and it kind of went from that point. Now we have too many high dollar tenny runners in my opinion and when they cost over 300 dollars a pair I would prefer we refer to them as my good shoes, period.
2016-03-19 05:56:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In your moms day they were tennis shoes
Now we have real nice shoes that have good soles and support to play tennis or run.
2006-11-09 12:19:16 · answer #3 · answered by Wicked 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tennis shoes or trainers is how English(UK) people call sneakers.Americans call it sneakers,in London people do refer to them as trainers or tennis shoes,sneakers is also accepted.Don't be mistaken,they are they same thing.Find an Oxford or Longman dictionary with pictures and you will find it under shoes page.Former British colonies also use the same name.
2006-11-09 12:42:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The shoes that we call tennis shoes originally were worn by folks who played tennis, then they evolved to the specific trainers we have today.
2006-11-09 12:19:27 · answer #5 · answered by curiositycat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
shoes without a heel are tennis shoes...so a flat sole is a tennis shoe
2006-11-09 12:30:45 · answer #6 · answered by lldivad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont wear tennis shoes, I wear sneakers.
2006-11-09 12:14:41 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there called tennis shoes because the actual first "sneaker" was made by k-swiss, and was made for tennis, after that they started making "sneakers" for all different purposes.
2006-11-09 12:41:57 · answer #8 · answered by a_n_marion 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because people wear them when they're playing tennis.
2006-11-09 12:19:03 · answer #9 · answered by Bill P 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz they help u grip the cement on the corts i should kno cuz im in tennis and it helps if ur in tennis or they r just well street shoes i dont quiet kno wat u mean but i hope i could help a lil
2006-11-09 12:19:59 · answer #10 · answered by *Living a {{ღяøM@N!Cღ}} Tragity* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋