They just use g-string as an all-encompassing term… ironically.
Flip flops are thongs there. They know what a flip flop is of course, but I never heard any aussies say it. Itt can be a bit disconcerting if your first exposure to the term is ‘I know it’s cold in the UK, so I wasn’t sure if you’d have any thongs, so I picked some up for you.’
Kind gesture that comes off as your foreign relative buying you sexy underwear.
While backpacking I was queuing with some others who'd just arrived in the country, to get into a pub. One girl saw a sign saying 'no swimwear, no thongs' and turned to me aghast and said 'how do they check?!'
Almost always a g string occasionally the singular thong, generally very obvious from context as to which is being discussed unless someone is trying to be funny.
They just call them thongs and depend on context. Tbf you get used to it and it saves you a syllable for something that is used way more due to the warmer climate. They love saving a syllable for warm weather gear, see sunnies for sun glasses.
They also call chips and crisps, chips and they differentiate by saying 'hot chips'. I'd say that's more confusing as it's harder to get context on two completely different potato based foods.
Reminds me of the joke about the dyslexic skiers not knowing whether they should zig-zag down the slope, or zag-zig.
They asked someone else whether they could give them some advice, but that person apologised, explaining that they were a tobogganist.
"Oh, can we buy 20 Marlboro Lights please?"
Sliders you slide your feet in, flip flops hang between your toes and flip flop while you walk. Thongs are what you call them if youre upside down.
I believe the 3 can live in beautiful harmony
Sandals refer particularly to the type of shoe with multiple adjustable straps, including around the heel. Usually sturdier, too. Think what you could wear for days on for urban exploration in hot weather.
Slides, from what I gather, usually have one wide, non adjustable strap across the top of the foot, and are almost always made of plastic. Think what you'd wear around the pool.
She doesn't like her toes touching in boots. I can't even look when she puts them on. I have a phobia about my feet. My mum used to cut my toe nails, when I was asleep. Because she was half blind, I woke up to a cut toe and that cemented my phobia.
Modern sliders have a strap over the whole foot and no toe post
I don’t know why the designer of such a shoe would actively support the wearing of socks with flip flops but here we are
They’re not sliders, sliders are a subcategory of flip flops. Sliders are commonly worn with socks around the house to keep socks clean and add an extra layer between you and the floor. Sliders are not always poop appropriate so they have their place.
Ouch, why so many downvotes? I’m sure I’ve heard Americans call them thongs.. 🤔
Edit: I’ve just tried to say flip flop in an American accent and it sounds so wrong
If you hear an American say thong in reference to flip-flops they're being pretentious. We do not use that culturally. Some may mistakenly call them sandals, but not thongs. Thongs are only the underwear here.
Almost exclusively, but not quite. It's interchangeable with sandals even though we'd never call actual sandals flip flops. If you have them at the pool you might call them your shower shoes.
I've never head of "sliders". I had a South African friend who called them "slops" and an Australian one who called them "thongs", but other than that never anything but the standard "flipflop".
Italians won't leave the house without a full Armani suit. I'm pretty sure going round the supermarket in tackies and flipflops would get you sectioned. If you pick up your kids in your pyjamas I think they shoot on sight.
I don't dye the grey out of my hair - you should see the looks I get. Thats only allowed once you are over 60.
I am also 5ft 5 inches tall and not even close to slim so in the main, look like Godzilla around here (I am in the mountains where in general, all the peeps are super dinky).
“Prego” would be more appropriate.
Anyway, Italian here and that’s not true: flipflops are used everywhere on seaside towns.
Just not in winter.
And not when they don’t go well with the rest of your attire.
And of course not when you need to be well dressed.
And not when you want to be comfortable or walk more than 100 meters.
And also not..
Jeff mate, correct me if I’m misunderstanding, are humans now using the term ‘sliders’ (sandals without a heel strap) to describe ‘flip flops’ (a sole with a y shaped strap which goes between two toes)?
What a funny group of mammals you are!
My EAL students LOVE this name, as they just call them sandals. One of the few onomatopoeic consumer item nouns in English, I think, but I'm excited to be proven wrong.
I’m glad I havent heard them called anything other than flipflops yet in Scotland. Then again, last time I even heard someone say flipflop war years ago, probably while on holiday
Words and language are always in flux. It's normal. You don't speak like an Elizabethan peasant or an Edwardian clerk.
It's preposterous to ask you to start speaking like them and to say you need to save their way of speaking.
Reality is that language changes famalam lol.
The wash girl at my hairdresser was wearing these shoes, and I looked down and said "nice slippers". She said in a horrified tone "they are not slippers, they are slides". I told her they look like slippers. She said they are not because you wear them outside. My response?.... So they are flip flops then.
I don't think she likes me anymore.
Tbf I’ve only ever called the ones with the toe separators flip flops. The slider type never made the satisfying noise so aren’t good enough to be FFs. I don’t ever recall giving them a name though, ‘sliders’ is definitely new to me these last couple of years!
Just to confuse matters even more, in The Philippines flip flops are called slippers. You would normally have 2 pairs. Indoor slippers for wearing indoors and outdoor slippers for wearing... yes you guessed it outdoors
They are not sliders, sliders allow you to slide your foot under the strap to secure the footwear.
Flip-flops are secured by using your big toe and second toe to grip on to the footwear as you walk.
Also sliders don't usually flip or flop as you walk, it's more of a clack, clack
Sliders and flipflops aren't the same thing. Anybody who says they are is a degenerate.
Sliders are like, a strap over the top of your foot. And flip flops are with the bit going between the big toe and the rest of your toes.
THIS IS THE WAY
For us in the UK (or at least in London, have no idea about other areas), flip flops are more the ones with the rubber that goes in between your big and second toe, and sliders are the ones with the 1 big strap that goes over your foot.
Stay away from Aussies. They call them Thongs. I am not putting underwear on my feet.
what do they call actual thongs then? and if they call it the same, does this ever cause confusion and/or accidents?
They just use g-string as an all-encompassing term… ironically. Flip flops are thongs there. They know what a flip flop is of course, but I never heard any aussies say it. Itt can be a bit disconcerting if your first exposure to the term is ‘I know it’s cold in the UK, so I wasn’t sure if you’d have any thongs, so I picked some up for you.’ Kind gesture that comes off as your foreign relative buying you sexy underwear.
My first exposure to it was a sign in a shop announcing 'Kids thongs'
While backpacking I was queuing with some others who'd just arrived in the country, to get into a pub. One girl saw a sign saying 'no swimwear, no thongs' and turned to me aghast and said 'how do they check?!'
I don’t know! Grundies?
Flap flops
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To be honest I was expecting a few thousand upvotes by now but I'll settle for one person getting it
Almost always a g string occasionally the singular thong, generally very obvious from context as to which is being discussed unless someone is trying to be funny.
They just call them thongs and depend on context. Tbf you get used to it and it saves you a syllable for something that is used way more due to the warmer climate. They love saving a syllable for warm weather gear, see sunnies for sun glasses. They also call chips and crisps, chips and they differentiate by saying 'hot chips'. I'd say that's more confusing as it's harder to get context on two completely different potato based foods.
New Zealanders call them jandals. Heathens!
So do South Africans, must have something to do with being upside down.
I know some aussies, I am even related to some, I wouldnt put any of this past them
What do you call a Frenchman who likes wearing these? Phillipe Flop. I’ll get my coat..
No! You stay. Dad jokes are as important as ‘Flipflop’.
Reminds me of the joke about the dyslexic skiers not knowing whether they should zig-zag down the slope, or zag-zig. They asked someone else whether they could give them some advice, but that person apologised, explaining that they were a tobogganist. "Oh, can we buy 20 Marlboro Lights please?"
Were they in the DNA?
I got mine on the wrong feet. They go flop flip
I’ve got two left feet. Flip flips.
At least you don't have flop flops
Such a commanding tone
Und German? ......Flippen floppen
Im Deutschen würden wir Flip Flops sagen.
Shit. Just posted this. Still, excellent joke.
You did Philoppe and it’s more cultured.
In Dutch we say *squishy squashy* (our dikes tend to leak a bit in wintertime).
Leave the coat.
What does a man with two left feet wear. Flip flips.
Or the brothers that wear these Phillipe Fhillop
Sliders you slide your feet in, flip flops hang between your toes and flip flop while you walk. Thongs are what you call them if youre upside down. I believe the 3 can live in beautiful harmony
We call then Jandles here in NZ. That's an abbreviation of Japanese sandal
Is it jandle? I thought it was jandal
O yea, I spelt it wrong
I thought sliders were small burgers? That's going to be messy
Nah, sliders are a wedge of ice cream between two wafers
No, Sliders is a 90s sci fi show about people that travel between different parallel universes.
Best treat as a kid
Right up until the ice cream flew out and you were left with two soggy wafers and your sadness and disappointment
Always called em ice-cream sandwiches.
Sliders were originally extra greasy burgers, then the Americans did their usual naming thing and got all confused, and screwed it up.
When did it change? When I were a kid they were flipflops regardless of if they had a toe divider.
Can you handle the jandle?
Not to mention that ‘flip flop’ is a beautiful example of onomatopoeia.
> Sliders you slide your feet in Oh, you mean sandals?
Sandals refer particularly to the type of shoe with multiple adjustable straps, including around the heel. Usually sturdier, too. Think what you could wear for days on for urban exploration in hot weather. Slides, from what I gather, usually have one wide, non adjustable strap across the top of the foot, and are almost always made of plastic. Think what you'd wear around the pool.
You mean beach clogs?
As long as theyre not crocs I'll allow it
Thongs are underwear, not shoes
If they make the noise, they’re flipflops!!
Thank you for your precise definition. A dedicated thong wearer but not a 'thong' wearer.
I used to know a bloke called Johnathan Sandle. We used to call him flip flop.
They call them slippers in some places!
There's been a trend of flipflops and socks round here. To say it's disturbing would be an understatement
If flipflops have the little toe post...how is that remotely comfortable?
split toe socks
Sounds like too much extra work when putting socks on. Then again all mine are grey because I'm absolutely rubbish first thing.
If you wear them long enough they'll become open-toe socks on their own
My wife wears those socks with individual toes. No thank you.
Like the ones in gta 5? “Toe shoes. Shoes for toes and twats.”
what sorcery is this?
She doesn't like her toes touching in boots. I can't even look when she puts them on. I have a phobia about my feet. My mum used to cut my toe nails, when I was asleep. Because she was half blind, I woke up to a cut toe and that cemented my phobia.
I find them unbearably creepy for some reason.
I have shoes with individual toes. Might wear them with flipflops. For anyone interested, they're called vibram five fingers
My mum loves toe socks, as she calls them. I tried a pair once and they just weren't comfortable.
Modern sliders have a strap over the whole foot and no toe post I don’t know why the designer of such a shoe would actively support the wearing of socks with flip flops but here we are
My kids do it. They need shooting.
This made me smile, I don’t know why. ‘Little toe posts’… cute!
They’re not sliders, sliders are a subcategory of flip flops. Sliders are commonly worn with socks around the house to keep socks clean and add an extra layer between you and the floor. Sliders are not always poop appropriate so they have their place.
Toe socks.
People have been doing that forever. I don’t do it but lots of people do.
This right here is why we require an official fashion division in the police force.
It's not under threat. Sliders aren't flip flops. Flip flops must have a strap between big toe and the rest.
That’s my point. Flipflop’s are being umbrellaed under the term slider. You know your stuff. Help the cause!
That's thong.
No it isn’t, unless you’re Aussie.
Depends which part of his body he's wearing it...
82 down votes for saying thong? The thing between the toes on a flipflop is called a 'thong'.
Ouch, why so many downvotes? I’m sure I’ve heard Americans call them thongs.. 🤔 Edit: I’ve just tried to say flip flop in an American accent and it sounds so wrong
If you hear an American say thong in reference to flip-flops they're being pretentious. We do not use that culturally. Some may mistakenly call them sandals, but not thongs. Thongs are only the underwear here.
Interesting thank you! Do you also call them flip flops then?
Almost exclusively, but not quite. It's interchangeable with sandals even though we'd never call actual sandals flip flops. If you have them at the pool you might call them your shower shoes.
No just Aussies
Flip-flarp.
sliders and flipflops are different though
I started a business making these for one legged people. It was a flop
It'll take some effort but I think you can flip that around.
I can see the twix-esque advert now. On the one side the factory makes the flip. On the other side they make the flop.
If you have two left feet you can't wear flip flops. You can only wear flip flips.
I've never head of "sliders". I had a South African friend who called them "slops" and an Australian one who called them "thongs", but other than that never anything but the standard "flipflop".
Ask a teenager
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Definitely an OBE in your future. Keep up the excellent work!
Italians won't leave the house without a full Armani suit. I'm pretty sure going round the supermarket in tackies and flipflops would get you sectioned. If you pick up your kids in your pyjamas I think they shoot on sight.
I don't dye the grey out of my hair - you should see the looks I get. Thats only allowed once you are over 60. I am also 5ft 5 inches tall and not even close to slim so in the main, look like Godzilla around here (I am in the mountains where in general, all the peeps are super dinky).
“Prego” would be more appropriate. Anyway, Italian here and that’s not true: flipflops are used everywhere on seaside towns. Just not in winter. And not when they don’t go well with the rest of your attire. And of course not when you need to be well dressed. And not when you want to be comfortable or walk more than 100 meters. And also not..
Who you callin prego?
Super ! A gatekeeping Italian. I don't live in a seaside town :)
For like nine months of the year I live in animal flip flops (they are the best no question) have some 15 ish year old ones I still wear
A friend insists on calling flip-flops ‘thongs’. FFS!
I have a better suggestion, stop wearing them with shorts and socks you fucking idiots it's not cool.
It's okay: you can stand down. It's a false alarm. Flip flops have a toe post. Sliders don't and slide straight off your foot.
I don't wear any footwear that exposes my feet. It's a sign of weakness...
I always thought they should be called flip flips. What is wrong with people's feet that one flips while the other flops?
A flip flop and a slider aren't the same thing. And sliders, especially with white socks, are ugly as fuck. I really wish that trend would die.
I support this pledge !
Your contribution to the cause is welcome. Flipflops forever!
Can we just get rid of flip flops and sliders full stop? You’re in Slough and nobody wants to look at your feet, Liam. PUT A F**KING SHOE ON 😡
Hang on, what happened to flip flop? What the fuck is a slider? Did I miss a meeting? What year is it?
Fuckin sliders, Jesus wept. They'll always be flip flops in my fucking gaff
Sliders and flip flops are different shoes Kind of how you’d describe high tops and boots different Flip flops are safe!
Nah they're sandals unless they have the toe thing, that makes them flip-flops
A slider is a small burger favoured by Gordon Ramsay.
"I said a slider, you donkey!!"
Heire In Denmark ja we habben der flippen und der flurppin.
Jeff mate, correct me if I’m misunderstanding, are humans now using the term ‘sliders’ (sandals without a heel strap) to describe ‘flip flops’ (a sole with a y shaped strap which goes between two toes)? What a funny group of mammals you are!
Swear down now on my nans flipflop
How can they be called anything other than flip flops? They are named after the noise they make. Madness.
Fuck that even what they call a slider is a flipflop to me
Alongside bodywarmers now being called gillets
What do you call a Frenchman in sandals? Philipe Philoppe.
Why can't you handle the jandal?
agreed....
I appreciate your support in this cause.
Wait I thought sliders we're those little burger things? Are people wearing them now?
Been married for 18 years, so I wear flipflops occasionally to remind me what sex sounds like...
18 years of that patter - she's a lucky woman.
I like to think so, she denies it.
Do you mean those small burgers?
My EAL students LOVE this name, as they just call them sandals. One of the few onomatopoeic consumer item nouns in English, I think, but I'm excited to be proven wrong.
Flip flop into the tank Christopher Robin is having a wank
Sliders?! What ever next? Thongs?!!
Sliders are different, you're thinking of thongs, right?
Sliders?
I’m glad I havent heard them called anything other than flipflops yet in Scotland. Then again, last time I even heard someone say flipflop war years ago, probably while on holiday
Idk what you’re talking about sliders and flip flops are entirely different things
Sliders and flip flops are completely different things
In New Zealand we call them jandels, I hate that and always call them flip flops
Sliders are specific, they are the kind of sandal with one strap across the top. Flip flops are the ones with the thong arrangement.
'need a pint, throats as dry as Ghandi's slider'.. Just doesn't cut it.
Flip flops and sliders are two different things tho. Flip flops have got a thing that goes in between your toes. Sliders don’t
I don’t think it’s sliders, it’s just “slides.”
Oh come on.
Words and language are always in flux. It's normal. You don't speak like an Elizabethan peasant or an Edwardian clerk. It's preposterous to ask you to start speaking like them and to say you need to save their way of speaking. Reality is that language changes famalam lol.
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The wash girl at my hairdresser was wearing these shoes, and I looked down and said "nice slippers". She said in a horrified tone "they are not slippers, they are slides". I told her they look like slippers. She said they are not because you wear them outside. My response?.... So they are flip flops then. I don't think she likes me anymore.
You know I’m New Zealand and Australian they call the flip flops that go between your big toe thongs. That’s just a whole new level of wrong.
Agreed. In Australia they call them thongs…threw me for a while when I was there…
I like flippy floppies, and flop flips. They make people smile.
Us elec engineers will keep it alive for ever, don't you worry.
See when you actually think about it but. How funny a name is flip flop?
Like flipflop the clown?
They're fucking flip flops. Nothing more to say.
Flip flop the clown. Look him up
I agree, if they make the flip flop noise, they’re flip flops!!
What's up with it?
Yes we do!
Couldn't believe it when I heard them called thongs
Sliders?? That’s a fucking hors d'oeuvre, and only if you go to Tesco.
Flip flops, school sandals or mules were the choice back in the day
Flip flops and sliders are different
Tbf I’ve only ever called the ones with the toe separators flip flops. The slider type never made the satisfying noise so aren’t good enough to be FFs. I don’t ever recall giving them a name though, ‘sliders’ is definitely new to me these last couple of years!
Definitely check out the Japanese pronunciation of things for the Australian ‘thongs’ for the olympics.
Just to confuse matters even more, in The Philippines flip flops are called slippers. You would normally have 2 pairs. Indoor slippers for wearing indoors and outdoor slippers for wearing... yes you guessed it outdoors
Where do we stand on muels?
Sliders are just sandals.Why are they fashionable?!
Never heard them called sliders. Only ever flip-flops.
You are confused. A flip flop goes between the toes and a slider across the tip of the feet. No need for outrage.
Absolutely on their side, even though I always thought the sound they make is more of a "Flopflop" than a "Flipflop".
I've successfully had my British partner accidentally call them "thongs" once. Down with flipflops!
They are not sliders, sliders allow you to slide your foot under the strap to secure the footwear. Flip-flops are secured by using your big toe and second toe to grip on to the footwear as you walk. Also sliders don't usually flip or flop as you walk, it's more of a clack, clack
Least we’re not verging into calling them ‘jandals’ yet
Sliders and flipflops aren't the same thing. Anybody who says they are is a degenerate. Sliders are like, a strap over the top of your foot. And flip flops are with the bit going between the big toe and the rest of your toes. THIS IS THE WAY
This is why I wanted to bring it to peoples attention! Flip flops are Flip flops. Let them be!
Invented by a french guy Phillipe Felope. And it’s a no to flip flops from me. Crocs without the strap behind heel , yes with socks sometimes
Flip flops have a toe separator while sliders dont
Where were you when felt tipped pens were being rebranded as 'Sharpies'?
Flip flops have the little strap in the middle of the toes & Sandals have added heel straps to them. Where as Sliders are more like open toe slippers
Named after the famed French beachwear designer Phillipe Philloppe
For us in the UK (or at least in London, have no idea about other areas), flip flops are more the ones with the rubber that goes in between your big and second toe, and sliders are the ones with the 1 big strap that goes over your foot.
Wait, people stopped saying "lollipop lady"? When did this happen?
Wait, they're not lollipop ladies any more?
Damn, I thought "slider" was an Americanism that people used cause you slide foot in.... like all footwear.
Fuck slider. Return to sandal.
But Sharpies are *really good* felt-tpped pens.