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Posted: June 06 2006 at 10:57am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
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They're worn with flip-flops. Is that just a Louisiana fad?


It is tres California, too.


I think it might be universal, though these are not "your mother's" flip flops! They are pretty,    decorated, and made from all different material, not just rubber.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 10:59am | IP Logged Quote Elizabeth
MacBeth wrote:
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They're worn with flip-flops. Is that just a Louisiana fad?


It is tres California, too.


I think it might be universal, though these are not "your mother's" flip flops! They are pretty,    decorated, and made from all different material, not just rubber.


Mary Chris helped the girls make the cutest flip-flops at her daughter's birthday party. Maybe she can elaborate on a flip-flop thread.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 11:00am | IP Logged Quote Kathryn UK
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Here's a link to the first Modesty Thread, where Kathryn posted an essay that does a good job of exploring the pants issue.


That thread also includes an extensive quote from Love and Responsibility posted by Michele Q that is well worth reading in the context of this conversation.

Incidentally, I have to do a double take on almost every post here as in British English pants means underwear . I know what you mean, but I have to consciously translate everytime I see the word or it starts to conjure up bizarre images .

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 11:23am | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
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Incidentally, I have to do a double take on almost every post here as in British English pants means underwear . I know what you mean, but I have to consciously translate everytime I see the word or it starts to conjure up bizarre images .


It's OK. I have the same problem with knickers.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 11:36am | IP Logged Quote Rebecca
I wear flip flops eight months out of the year. They are cute and inexpensive and look good with most skirts. Because they are cheap, I often buy different colors to match the skirts I wear the most.

There is also a lazyness factor here as well...It is easy to slip on flip flops while holding a chubby baby (no laces) or to quickly toss them off to snuggle in bed for naps/ nurse. I got hooked on them a couple pregnancies ago, when I could not reach my toes !
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Posted: June 06 2006 at 12:57pm | IP Logged Quote Cay Gibson
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Mary Chris helped the girls make the cutest flip-flops at her daughter's birthday party. Maybe she can elaborate on a flip-flop thread.


How on earth did you know I was just now piecing together a flip-flop thread????    

I'll have it up in a second.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 1:00pm | IP Logged Quote MacBeth
BTW, where I come from, we call flip-flops "thongs" !

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 1:10pm | IP Logged Quote Cay Gibson
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BTW, where I come from, we call flip-flops "thongs" !


For shame, MacBeth.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 1:13pm | IP Logged Quote Dawn
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BTW, where I come from, we call flip-flops "thongs" !


Yep, that's what we called them when I was a kid and I wore them (or Keds) all summer long.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 2:58pm | IP Logged Quote guitarnan
Me, too. This terminology debate has sparked some interesting discussions...because my dd has no idea what the current definition of the former flip-flop name means.

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Posted: June 06 2006 at 4:43pm | IP Logged Quote cathhomeschool
Regional variations are so funny! The same thing happens in Spanish. Words that are just plain normal words to our family (Cuban) are vulgar in Venezuela where my cousins live. This proved interesting a time or two when we were growing up and my very old and holy grandmother said some pretty shocking things to my cousins (her grandchildren)!

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