It's been 2 weekends now that I've been able to spend some time with my siblings, I hope that this is going to be a regular outing for me and the "kids."
Lately, slippers have been my staple for weekends. And yes, I call them slippers, and not flip flops, though the two terms are the same. This has got me curious so I searched for the etymology of flip flops and found this on Wikipedia:
The term flip-flop has been used in American and British English since circa 1972 to describe the thong sandal. It gets its name from the sound that is made by walking in them, and is thus an example of onomatopoeia.
This footwear has a number of terms around the world. In India and Pakistan, flip-flops are commonly known as hawai chappal (हवा चप्पल), which literally translates from Hindustani as "air sandal". The Japanese wear similarly designed, traditional straw sandals known as zōri. Throughout the world, they are known by a variety of other names, including dép tông or dép xỏ ngón in Vietnam, chinelo in Brazil, Jandals (short for "Japanese sandals") in New Zealand, japonki in Poland, sayonares (σαγιονάρες) in Greece, Schlapfen in Austria, slippers in Hawai'i, slops in South Africa, thongs in Australia, tsinelas in the Philippines, and vietnamki in Russia and Ukraine.
There you have it, I should call it tsinelas because I'm Filipina.
That dress I'm wearing there on the photo was bought around 5 years ago. I haven't really worn much short dresses lately because I consider them inappropriate for work. My sister's "salt" t-shirt has a matching "pepper" t-shirt for Kuya, I just love those shirts!
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