Thursday, March 22, 2007

Thongs verses thong

In Johno's weekly "what is it" last week. He stated that there is a misunderstanding of the word Thong (Sandels) between Aussies and Yanks.

I looked them up on Wikipedia. This what it said they are called in the U.S.

In the United States , they are generally known as flip-flops, thongs, and zories.
I knew them as Zori Thongs when I was growing up in the 60s.

Now a thong, to us (Yanks) is a swim suit or a thong bikini. They are nice to see on young women, but not so nice on obese people.

3 comments:

dieter said...

Just make sure you don't mix up your thongs, it might be awkward

Johnno said...

yep, good call Dieter...not a nice thought...an Aussie thong shoved up ya clacker

Sue said...

In the UK, the sandal thongs are called flip flops. Thongs are knickers, and very uncomfortable.