Flip Flops

[pesphoto]

I will not, have never worn flip lfops or sandals. Just dont like em. Those are nice though, hmmmmmm.....

 

[GeneW]

And a warning note for anyone considering a visit down this way. "Flip-flops" is not the term we use - we call them "thongs". I understand that usage can cause confusion and mirth amongst some of our visitors!

So when your Aussie host invites you to the beach, and tells you to bring your thongs and your towel, just remember he's talking about footware, ok?

LOL! 😀

When I was a kid they were called thongs in NA too. Then when I got busy growing old and not paying attention to this kind of thing, I discovered one day that the word had ... evolved...

After decades of not owning any, I recently picked up a pair to wear when using the swimming pool in the gym. They're Speedo... I have to train myself not to say I have a new pair of "Speedo thongs..." !!

Gene

 

[Nick R.]

When I was a kid in Florida, we used to call them thongs sometimes, but mostly we called them zories --maybe a brand name?

I've always lived near the ocean and I've never stopped wearing them.

 

[ampguy]

when I grew up...

when I grew up...

we called them "zori"

He hee! It's mid-winter here (and raining today) so the type of footware you are discussing is not seen here just at the moment.

And a warning note for anyone considering a visit down this way. "Flip-flops" is not the term we use - we call them "thongs". I understand that usage can cause confusion and mirth amongst some of our visitors!

So when your Aussie host invites you to the beach, and tells you to bring your thongs and your towel, just remember he's talking about footware, ok?

 

[ampguy]

whoops!

whoops!

should have read your post before posting!! zori is the original name. As with many great innovations, including Okabashi plastic shoes 🙄 from Walgreens, they came from Japan ...

When I was a kid in Florida, we used to call them thongs sometimes, but mostly we called them zories --maybe a brand name?

I've always lived near the ocean and I've never stopped wearing them.

 

[w3rk5]

I'm I the only one that wears boots all year round? 😱

 

[jdos2]

Used to wear 'em. Plantar fasciitis finally got me off 'em. Anytime I've a load on my heels, I've got to have arch support.

I'm not wearing those 70's Dr. Scholls, either.

😛

 

[payasam]

In rubber form and mass marketed, the things reached India in the early 1960s. They are called "havai". Possibly the name was derived from Hawaii; but "hava" in Hindustani means air and "havai" is the adjective derived from it, signifying lightness. I can vouch for their not being so good for plantar fasciitis. I can vouch also for their splattering the rears -- the whole rear, not just the sitting apparatus commonly called "the rear" -- of those who wear them and walk wet or muddy streets. I suspect a tie-up with manufacturers of detergents.

 

[IGMeanwell]

Never liked "Flip-Flops" because of the thong inbetween my toes

Around the house I wear Adidas Adissage

 

[taffer]

They are called 'chanclas' here. I'm now using (at home or for very short walks) a 5€ pair of bambu ones, thought they would be crap but in the end they are one of the most comfortable ones I've had !

What I can't stand is plastic touching my feet skin, even less with our sauna-like summer.

I used to wear boots all year, and apart from my feet boiling in them (and leading to way too soft skin) I suspect they had something to do with my weak ankles...

Oscar