Okay, so far we've got:
woodies
grampha-gravies
gramphas
grammersow
peabug
wood'us
pig-of-the-woods
chuggy-pigs
slaters
fat pigs
pillbugs
roly-poly bugs
sowbugs
-- my Northern Irish parents called them slaters.
Thing is, before you all start making new names up, could I possibly ask
you to turn your attention to tennis shoes, the various nomenclatures of
which have long intrigued me: I betray my Northern Irish roots and
American residence here:
tennis shoes
sneakers
gutties
tackies
plimsolls
runners
hi-tops
-- Help me out: I feel I'm better on the 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, and 70s
than on more recent decades. And to be frank: I'm out of touch with
America.
Mairead
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