Last week, I quizzed you all about the Kiwi meaning of the word "jandals." Here were the results:
50% of the respondents were correct! Jandals are a New Zealand word for flip-flops. I had no clue when I first heard the Kiwi Flatmate use it, but it makes sense. After all, it's only one letter off from sandals. I dig the word and will start to incorporate it into my vocabulary. I can't say the same thing for the term thongs. I looked up some other names for flip-flops/jandals. Can you match them with their respective country or region?
Term Country
Slops South Pacific
Chinelo South Africa
Zories Greece
Go-aheads U.S. (East Coast)
Sayonares Brazil
Leave your responses in a comment below.
Signed,
American Roomie
In Australia we call then thongs, laugh all you like, it's what they're called. :)
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