lampard10 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Just been watching the BBC news, and they were telling of a new line of footwear from the Phillippines that is selling World-wide. Easy to make, can buy for as little as 1$ or as dear as 10$. What is this brand new offering called............. The Flip-flop.....................................Think it'll catch on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khutan Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 Maybe yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsieurhappy Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I thought the ones made in the Phillipines were called Phlip-phlops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terdsak_12 Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 I thought the ones made in the Phillipines were called Phlip-phlops! Or Flipos for short. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 And the Aussies call them "Y-fronts"... ! totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jai Dee Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 And the Aussies call them "Y-fronts"... ! totster Errrm... I think you're confusing us with another nation... Kiwis call 'em "jandals". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted May 17, 2006 Share Posted May 17, 2006 And the Aussies call them "Y-fronts"... ! totster Errrm... I think you're confusing us with another nation... Kiwis call 'em "jandals". Ah.. my mistake.. you aussies call 'em Thongs... - Thongs: Definition: Rubber sandals. Also called: flip-flops. from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 And the Aussies call them "Y-fronts"... ! totster Errrm... I think you're confusing us with another nation... Kiwis call 'em "jandals". Ah.. my mistake.. you aussies call 'em Thongs... - Thongs: Definition: Rubber sandals. Also called: flip-flops. from here Where I come from 'thongs' is something much more pleasurable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skylar Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 (edited) I thought that thongs are the plastic v things, while flip flops have the band across the foot. Jandals are NZ indeed... and y fronts are a particularly unfashionable style of underwear for men, usually an off white colour. I didn't know English people referred to g strings as thongs... Edited May 19, 2006 by skylar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patsycat Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Thongs to me are g-strings. Flip flops are horrible rubber things my mum used to make me wear when little. I prefer birkenstocks myself - expensive but last for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
game4shame Posted May 19, 2006 Share Posted May 19, 2006 Ah.. my mistake.. you aussies call 'em Thongs... ...and the Irish in Oz call 'em Tongs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tuky Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 Where I come from 'thongs' is something much more pleasurable! You are obviously not wearing them correctly then, or perhaps the wrong brand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 (edited) And the Aussies call them "Y-fronts"... ! totster Errrm... I think you're confusing us with another nation... Kiwis call 'em "jandals". JD is well schooled in the Kiwi language.Yes, we humans call them jandles. Edited May 20, 2006 by chuchok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 The Flip-flop......................... In the 1990's, the US Navy (which contains a huge contingent of Filipino nationals under an old program linked to the US bases there) changed the nomenclature as the term was considered politically insensitive. The banned name was switched to "shower shoes". To call them flip-flops now is a chargeable offense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suegha Posted May 20, 2006 Share Posted May 20, 2006 The Flip-flop......................... In the 1990's, the US Navy (which contains a huge contingent of Filipino nationals under an old program linked to the US bases there) changed the nomenclature as the term was considered politically insensitive. The banned name was switched to "shower shoes". To call them flip-flops now is a chargeable offense. You are joking??? The worlds gone mad!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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