Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 11 months ago

Chess Player Fined Over Her 'Sports Shoes'

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Chess Player Fined Over Her 'Sports Shoes'

Weird News - Things that make you go 'hmmm'@real.lemmy.fanEnglish • 11 months ago

Dutch player Anna-Maja Kazarian was forced to change them, despite ambiguous dress code

On the spectrum of cheddar offenses, this is nothing

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qevlarr
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25•11 months ago
Dutch doesn’t have a word for sneakers. They are called sports shoes.
- @jopepa
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  12•11 months ago
  What do the Dutch call people that sneak then?
  - @SpaceNoodle
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    19•11 months ago
    Sports shoes.
  - @[email protected]
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    5•11 months ago
    Sports hoes
  - @[email protected]
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    2•11 months ago
    Snickers.

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