2006-12-30 19:35:08 · 12 answers · asked by Rachel 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
It seems to me that people who live near the beaches usually call them flip-flops while "out of towners" call them thongs.Beach people use , "flip-flops"
2006-12-30 19:42:03 · answer #1 · answered by KM 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unless you're going to be saying "thong sandals" or "thongs for your feet," I would refer to them as flip flops.
2006-12-30 19:42:15 · answer #2 · answered by chancepopsession 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flip flops. why you may ask? when you tell a friend or the opposite sex "hang on, i need to get my thongs on" they wont be thinking of the shoes.
2006-12-30 20:21:58 · answer #3 · answered by cppdungeon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you say thongs I might think you mean the skinny little bathing suits that overweight French Canadian men like to wear on South Florida beaches in winter, and I'm sure you mean rubber sandals, right?
Flip-flops is fun because the name makes the noise they make, get it? I also vote to change the name of Swedish wooden clogs to 'clop-clops'!!!
While we're at it, why not change the name of stilleto heels to 'clack-clacks'?
Flip-flip, clop-clop, clack-clack -- add 'licketey-split' and you've got a jazzy intro, huh?
2006-12-30 19:47:50 · answer #4 · answered by Marc Miami 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, my mom once told me that if it goes in a crack it's a thong....but flip flop is a more accepted term for the shoe.
2006-12-30 19:44:08 · answer #5 · answered by Starry Eyes 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is generally generational. interior the U. S., at any fee, "turn flops" have been referred to as "thongs" long in the past the undies got here into the image. I probable say "turn flops" on the full than I say "thongs" now, whilst relating the shoes. yet a million) it took me a protracted time to get to that element and 2) i could be asserting "turn flops" yet i'm *thinking* "thongs". The definition of "thong" is a strip of cloth, in many circumstances leather-based, used to guard or fasten some thing. consequently using the be conscious "thong" to describe the shoes. And, later, the undies.
2016-11-25 02:23:29 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Flip flops. The potential for confusion is not worth it.
2006-12-30 19:38:15 · answer #7 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Either or, I call them Flip Flops though...
2006-12-30 19:41:29 · answer #8 · answered by Lizzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flip flops because thongs sound wierd and it's confusing if you say "i'm wearing thongs"
2006-12-31 02:56:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically flipflops are sandals that only have a strap over the foot, and thongs are the ones with the thingy going between your big toe.
2006-12-30 19:42:14 · answer #10 · answered by r1 ryder 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋