American English vs English English. III

Round 3

Sneakers vs Trainers

Some free advertising for you here, Adidas. I'm sure the cheque's/check's in the post/post. (Whoever leaves their shoes like that and where are the ends of the laces? Anyway, onto the point of the post.)

In America, these are SNEAKERS. A covert, perhaps a little snidey word that suggests these are put on to creep around the place, avoid detection, do something a little bit naughty/undercover.

In Britain, they're TRAINERS, a straight-up no messing description. Wear these when you're in training, right? Except people don't. You can slob on a sofa in these.

Not happy with either word from either side here. So a dishonourable draw. 1.5 - 1.5

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