# Did people WALK differently in the 1920s-1940s?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 26, 2008, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-walk-differently-in-the-1920s-1940s/450687 "2008-05-26T21:18:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-walk-differently-in-the-1920s-1940s/450687/21 "2008-05-28T03:34:56Z")

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Then the answer must be starched drawers and bad shoes.

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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-people-walk-differently-in-the-1920s-1940s/450687/22 "2008-05-29T01:01:26Z")

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[QUOTE=SpectBrain]  
A serious guess: uncomfortable, ill fitting shoes?  
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I was going to say dress shoes with leather soles?

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