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Flip flop straps are fitted to the bottom of the sandal via “plugs”—the round bits of rubber which keep them from falling out. This is a review article (a good WP:secondary source) that spends a paragraph discussing flip-flops; some of the material in the Health section could be sourced to this (instead of news sources): Kylie Minogue came by thong to the Sydney Olympics. Could it be more Australian? AAP/David Longstreath

When you have finished reviewing my changes, you may follow the instructions on the template below to fix any issues with the URLs. Considering that this footwear were not called "flip flops" until the 1960s, and they were already called "zoris", "jandals" or "thongs" before then - you need to question why these names aren't right at the top in the lead section. In that way, they look a lot like underwear thongs, with three straps going in different directions. My original comment still applies to your first image. The second image is of a particularly up-market piece of footwear, hardly your standard flip-flops. I see little wrong with the current image. HiLo48 ( talk) 03:39, 7 April 2020 (UTC) Reply [ reply ]In Japan, sandals are important pieces of cultural footwear as well as simple practical clothing in the warm climate much of the country enjoys. They also use the term ‘double pluggers’, although this is more limited to the Northern Territories. It’s borrowed from New Zealand slang and thus is more likely to be used in parts of the country with higher populations of New Zealanders.

The word itself has its origins in Old English and German, though when it entered the Australian slang lexicon to mean flip flop is not precisely clear. This review is transcluded from Talk:Flip-flops/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review. It wasn’t until after World War II when soldiers brought these sandals from Japan, did flip-flops become popular in the United States. In the 1960s – due to their widespread acceptance – these sandals gained notoriety as gender-neutral summer footwear. Flip-flops have a Y-shaped material that runs through the middle of the big and second toes to hold the feet in place. The shape bears many similarities to the thong, which is why flip-flops are called thongs. What did flip-flops use to be called?

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Slappa’s Thongs: good-looking, long-lasting, high-quality Australian arch support thongs that will keep your feet feeling and looking good for years to come! Why buy Slappa’s Thongs The name came from the fact that military recruits were aware that they did not want to go barefoot into a public restroom or shower. Is flip-flops the same thing as sandals? They either consist of a solid foundation with a strap across all the toes or a flat sole held freely on the foot by a Y-shaped strap known as a toe thong that crosses between the first and second toes and around both sides of the foot. I have never had a problem or anyone else question citations to about.com before. The article lists the author who wrote it and the date of publication. They actually seem to do their research on a wide variety of topics. WTF? ( talk) 15:49, 9 October 2012 (UTC) Reply [ reply ]The ancient Greeks and Romans wore flip-flops as well. Roman sandals had the strap between the second and third toes, and Greek sandals had the strap between the first and the second toes. Naturally, then, Australians do also call thongs since they wouldn’t have had the basis for the slang otherwise! They may also lead to ankle sprains and broken bones." What is the subject of "they"? (the previous sentence was about injuries) I just saw someone's statement that in Hawaii they are called flip flops, but that does not rule out the possibility that an Indian saw them first time worn by someone in Hawaii and himself named them Hawai Chappal not bothering to know their Hawaiian name. This is a very common practice all over the word. If people see something associated with a country they just name it according to that regardless of what that thing is actually called in that country. For example "tamarind" is called "imli" in India, but when the Arabs saw it first time they called it "tamar Hindi" meaning "Indian date" and this name later changed to "tamarind" in English. Now if someone says that "tamarind" has nothing to do with India, because it is not called with that name in India, he will be absolutely wrong because the Arabs who saw this did not and possibly could not know its Indian name so they just called it "indian date" so the assumption that people called flip-flops "Hawaii Chappal" because their first association of this was with Hawaii and/or they were manufactured by Scott Hawaii may not be correct but rejecting it just on the basis that they are not called by that name in Hawaii is not fair. I agree that I have no proof for my assumption, but neither do the people who say that it is the translation of "air sandal". Why do you think think that Indians are so stupid that they would call something "air sandal" which has nothing to do with air If you were to ask any Australian what the slang for flip flops is, they would almost certainly say thong.

This article only talks about one type of flip-flop. In addition to the thong flip-flops with the strap between the toes, there is also another type of flip-flop that has no strap between the toes. Instead, it has a horizontal strap that goes over the top of the foot. But the rubbery love affair endured, perhaps shown most ardently when Kylie Minogue made her entrance as part of the Sydney 2000 Olympics atop a giant rubber thong carried by lifeguards. Dressing up, dressing down Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20120621062559/http://www.biggie.co.nz/article/jandals_thongs_flip to http://www.biggie.co.nz/article/jandals_thongs_flip Yes, it is okay. You can wear flip-flops and jeans as they go nicely together. Can you wear flip-flops every day? Let us start with a common ground i.e. 'chappal' which means any open footwear, which I think nobody will dispute with. Now the term Hawai, though literally the term Hawai Chappal would translate to Air Sandal but I think it is a bit illogical to think that in this context it has anything to do with air, as there is nothing to suggest that the flip flops had anything to do with air. So there are two alternatives. One less likely one that people visiting Hawaii and seeing this being worn at beaches called it Hawaii Chappal, meaning Chappal from Hawaii.In Mesopotamian, the strap comes in between the third and fourth toes. There was also the Paduka, popular in India as a type of flip-flop with no straps and a little knob between the first and second toes. Double pluggers are more of a regional thing, whereas you can really expect someone to say thongs anywhere in the country. As I said, the Northern Territories are where you’re most likely to hear this term, though it is used everywhere when the specific term is needed. However, mass-produced rubber flip-flops became popular after the 1950s, so it was likely sometime in the 60s or the 70s. Given the straightforward construction and low-cost materials used to make flip-flops, you can occasionally get a good-quality pair at well-known fashion stores.