WotD: thongs; flip flops

[muckefuck]

1. die Badelatschen, die Flip-flops
2. de teenslippers
3. las chancletas
4. les xancletes
5. les tongs
6. y fflip-fflops
8. japonki
9. 고무 슬리퍼
10. 人字拖 rénzìtuō

Notes: It's strange for me to read online that "thongs" is considered a specifically Australian usage, since that is all my family called them when I was growing up. (References to thong underwear baffled me well into my early twenties.)

Comments

[tisoi.livejournal.com]

Tagalog: tsinelas (from Spanish chinelas)
Philippine & Hawaiian English: slippers

I'm a diehard slippers kind of guy. I distinctly remember hearing "flip flops" for the first time. I was 7 or 8 years old and my best friend's American dad said something about my "flip flops." My reaction was like "you mean my slippers?"