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From: krw on 23 Apr 2010 21:13 On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:21:37 -0500, legg <legg(a)nospam.magma.ca> wrote: >On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups ><richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On Apr 21, 4:57�pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- >>Web-Site.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:50 -0400, PeterD <pet...(a)hipson.net> wrote: >>> >On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24...(a)yahoo.com> >>> >wrote: >>> >>> >>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >>> >>> >>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? ><snip> >> >>In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >>shoes." ;-) >> >>Cheers! >>Rich > >Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. >It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. Toe wedgie, butt wedgie, seem to be a similar function. I preferred the term "dental floss" to the latter, though.
From: Peter Moylan on 23 Apr 2010 21:40 legg wrote: > On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups > <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >> shoes." ;-) >> >> Cheers! >> Rich > > Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. > It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. Not in Australia. That's our standard name for them. If you spoke about flip-flops, only those with an electronics background would understand. I have a pair of thongs without the toe-wedge. (Instead, there's a couple of velcro pieces that fold over the foot.) Everyone here calls those thongs too. The name has become divorced from the etymology. -- Peter Moylan, Newcastle, NSW, Australia. http://www.pmoylan.org For an e-mail address, see my web page.
From: krw on 23 Apr 2010 22:47 On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:40:11 +1000, Peter Moylan <gro.nalyomp(a)retep> wrote: >legg wrote: >> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups >> <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>> In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >>> shoes." ;-) >>> >>> Cheers! >>> Rich >> >> Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. >> It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. > >Not in Australia. That's our standard name for them. > >If you spoke about flip-flops, only those with an electronics background >would understand. What about "stepped on a pop top"? I don't suppose anyone would get that anymore either. >I have a pair of thongs without the toe-wedge. (Instead, there's a >couple of velcro pieces that fold over the foot.) Everyone here calls >those thongs too. The name has become divorced from the etymology. I always called them "sandals".
From: PaulJK on 23 Apr 2010 23:48 krw(a)att.bizzzzzzzzzzzz wrote: > On Sat, 24 Apr 2010 11:40:11 +1000, Peter Moylan <gro.nalyomp(a)retep> wrote: >> legg wrote: >>> On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups >>> <richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>>> In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >>>> shoes." ;-) >>>> >>>> Cheers! >>>> Rich >>> >>> Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. >>> It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. >> >> Not in Australia. That's our standard name for them. >> >> If you spoke about flip-flops, only those with an electronics background >> would understand. > > What about "stepped on a pop top"? I don't suppose anyone would get that > anymore either. > >> I have a pair of thongs without the toe-wedge. (Instead, there's a >> couple of velcro pieces that fold over the foot.) Everyone here calls >> those thongs too. The name has become divorced from the etymology. > > I always called them "sandals". Those are "thongs" or "jandals" down here downunder. "Sandals" have extra straps around the heal. pjk
From: Grant on 24 Apr 2010 03:22
On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 18:21:37 -0500, legg <legg(a)nospam.magma.ca> wrote: >On Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:48:09 -0700 (PDT), Rich Grise on Google groups ><richardgrise(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > >>On Apr 21, 4:57 pm, Jim Thompson <To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-I...(a)On-My- >>Web-Site.com> wrote: >>> On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:31:50 -0400, PeterD <pet...(a)hipson.net> wrote: >>> >On Wed, 21 Apr 2010 21:13:55 +0100, Adam Funk <a24...(a)yahoo.com> >>> >wrote: >>> >>> >>glen herrmannsfeldt wrote: >>> >>> >>> And when was it that the beach wear started to be called flip-flops? ><snip> >> >>In the 1960's, those foam rubber sandalish things were called "shower >>shoes." ;-) >> >>Cheers! >>Rich > >Actually, they were (also) called 'thongs', refering to the toe-wedge. >It would also be misunderstood, nowadays. Not in the land downunder ;) Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/ |