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

From:Muke Tever <alrivera@...>
Date:Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 12:54
>===== Original Message From Constructed Languages List >Christophe Grandsire scripsit: >> > In Tagalog however, tsinelas (said like chinela), (as I know them) are >> > the slippers with a synthetic sole, and a band across the foot, with a >> > "thong" that connects the upper band to the sole, and which rests between >> > the big toe and the one next to it. These are usually very cheap and are >> > kind of sensible, since full shoes can be sweaty and hot in the tropics. >> >> We call them "tongs" (or "tongues") in French. > >I call these "zori" which I believe is the Japanese term. As a child I >constructed the singular "zoro" from this.
I would just call them 'sandals'. I think the rest of my family would call them 'flip-flops'. *Muke!