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Mindless Musing - what do you call "flip flops"?

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  • C Craig Robbins

    Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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    Teenslippers :-\

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    • C Craig Robbins

      Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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      It's called "Hawaii chappal" over here - no specific idea why, though

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      • C Craig Robbins

        Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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        It used to be thongs years ago, but flip-flops has largely replaced it because of the other meaning for thong.

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        • C Craig Robbins

          Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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          Either "flip flops" or "things I refuse to wear". :laugh:

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          • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

            Round these parts, "thongs" go on a totally different body area and aren't normally seen in public ... :~ It's flip-flops for us. But please, not with socks.

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            obermd
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            Birkenstocks (brand of flip flop) with socks is a standard fashion statement in Boulder, CO.

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              Birkenstocks (brand of flip flop) with socks is a standard fashion statement in Boulder, CO.

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              OriginalGriff
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              Remind me never to go there ... :-D

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              • C Craig Robbins

                Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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                What? The type of logic circuit?

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                • P PIEBALDconsult

                  What? The type of logic circuit?

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                  In the days of vacuum tubes (valves for you right ponders) we called them triggers.

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                  • C Craig Robbins

                    Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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                    jmaida
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                    Always knew them as flip flops. First time I wore them was in the 50's in Okinawa where my Father was stationed at the time. No socks. Rains a lot there so flip-flops for kids was a no-brainer.

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                    • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                      And the Oz version of Durex doesn't do the same job either! :-D

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                      ...or rubbers My first naive trip to the US office (early 70s) I learned the hard way about asking for an eraser.

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                      • C Craig Robbins

                        Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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                        As a kid growing up in Northern Minnesota they were thongs or less often flip flops. Later, when thongs covered different anatomy, they were called flip flops almost exclusively.

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                        • FreedMallocF FreedMalloc

                          As a kid growing up in Northern Minnesota they were thongs or less often flip flops. Later, when thongs covered different anatomy, they were called flip flops almost exclusively.

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                          jmaida
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                          My father grew up in Northern MN (Duluth). Have a lot of cousins there and in Minneapolis. Funny how cultures work. They say sidewalks are made of concrete. Here in TX, we say cement. Go figure.

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                          • J jmaida

                            My father grew up in Northern MN (Duluth). Have a lot of cousins there and in Minneapolis. Funny how cultures work. They say sidewalks are made of concrete. Here in TX, we say cement. Go figure.

                            "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                            Highways, sidewalks, driveways etc. were all cement when I was growing up too. But, to build something that needed real strength, like bridge supports, high rise buildings and such you used concrete - a much stronger material, at least in my mind back then. For some reason I thought of them as two distinct products. Similar to the difference between cardboard and wood.

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                            • FreedMallocF FreedMalloc

                              Highways, sidewalks, driveways etc. were all cement when I was growing up too. But, to build something that needed real strength, like bridge supports, high rise buildings and such you used concrete - a much stronger material, at least in my mind back then. For some reason I thought of them as two distinct products. Similar to the difference between cardboard and wood.

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                              jmaida
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                              i agree. it was just something I noticed as a kid. Didn't know the real difference.

                              "A little time, a little trouble, your better day" Badfinger

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                                ...or rubbers My first naive trip to the US office (early 70s) I learned the hard way about asking for an eraser.

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                                If you're a British smoker, don't even think about asking a USian if you can "bum a fag". :laugh:


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                                • C Craig Robbins

                                  Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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                                  MKJCP
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                                  Uncomfortable. Don't like things between my toes. Flip-flops here in Michigan, BTW.

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                                  • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                    Round these parts, "thongs" go on a totally different body area and aren't normally seen in public ... :~ It's flip-flops for us. But please, not with socks.

                                    "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                                    Quote:

                                    Round these parts, "thongs" go on a totally different body area and aren't normally seen in public ... Unsure | :~

                                    Except maybe in Essex!

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                                    • C Craig Robbins

                                      Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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                                      isn't that sandals? I think the spanish name for it is chanclas, some people I know call it sliders, I am not sure if that is just a nickname they gave.

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                                      • P PIEBALDconsult

                                        What? The type of logic circuit?

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                                        D? JK? RS? (I'm showing my sordid TTL past here: 7474)

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                                        • C Craig Robbins

                                          Referring to the backless sandals with strap over the base of the toes and a post between the first 2 toes... Here in the north central US they are called flip flops. My mom called them zorries, my grandmother called them thongs. I'm curious as to what name you use.

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                                          Andy_L_J
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                                          In New Zealand they are jandals.

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