Mindless Musing - what do you call "flip flops"?
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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.
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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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.
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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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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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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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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...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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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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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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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.
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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What? The type of logic circuit?
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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.
