Re: Souliers (was: Some new Brithenig words?...)

Christophe wrote:

>In French, slippers are called "chaussons" (also a nice sweetness
>you can buy at
>the bakery :) ) when they are closed at the back, and "mules" when they are
open.

Nooo! Another word I've never heard of. What are you doing to me
here, Christophe? Am I catapulting myself, yet again, back into the
XIXeme if I use "pantoufle" over "chausson"?

As for "mule", as John Cowan pointed out, this word also occurs in
English, though I tend to think of it as a high-heeled slipper with a
feather-boaish crossband, something Zsazsa Gabor might wear with a
floor-length negligee.

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