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French term or phrase:	tongues
English translation:	Flip-flops
Entered by:	Colin Morley

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10:00 Feb 12, 2012

French to English translations [PRO]
Textiles / Clothing / Fashion / footware

French term or phrase: tongues

Hello again. The term "tongues" appears as an item in a list of swimming products. Any help will be appreciated. TIA.

FlyHi KudoZ activity Questions: 364 (1 open) (13 closed without grading) Answers: 8
Local time: 02:42

Flip-flops

Explanation:
Don't know why they're called "tongues" but they are!

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Colin Morley
France
Local time: 02:42

Grading comment

Thanks!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

4 +9

Flip-flops

Colin Morley

thongs

Hal D'Arpini

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +9

Flip-flops

Colin Morley
France
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 8

Grading comment

Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Laurel Clausen: I think it comes from "thongs" - what I called flip-flops growing up in the US... until a thong came to mean something else!

5 mins

-> Yes - that would make good sense

agree

LauretteT

8 mins

-> thx

agree

Hal D'Arpini: I grew up in the U.S. calling them thongs, but more recently learned flip-flops, as Lauren says. It all depends where you grew up, I guess. It may still be in use where I grew up, or everyone may have adopted "flip-flops."

35 mins

-> I'd never heard them called thongs - do they still use that word in US English?

agree

cc in nyc

58 mins

-> Thx

agree

writeaway: don't understand the problem. this is an everyday term in both source and target languages

1 hr

-> Thanks. Target in US Maybe - but I for one never heard it in British English.

agree

Benjamin Hall

1 hr

-> thanks

agree

Verginia Ophof

7 hrs

-> thanks

agree

sktrans

7 hrs

-> thanks

agree

gallagy2

15 hrs

-> thanks

59 mins confidence:

thongs

Explanation:

Another possibility. Whether you use "thongs" or "flip-flops" depends on what you used when you were growing up. For me, it was "thongs," and it was only when I was an adult that I learned the word "flip-flops."

Admittedly, using "thongs" on a list of swim products might cause some confusion between the footwear and the style of swimwear, so perhaps "flip-flop" is the better choice. After all, when it comes to swim products, no one is going to confuse flip-flop the footwear with flip-flop the characterization of the recent anti-contraception position taken by several Republican politicians in the U.S.

Hal D'Arpini
Local time: 02:42
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 3

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Non-PRO (2): gallagy2, SJLD

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Changes made by editors

Feb 13 - Changes made by Colin Morley:
Created KOG entry	KudoZ term => KOG term
Feb 12 - Changes made by writeaway:
Field (specific)	Sports / Fitness / Recreation => Textiles / Clothing / Fashion
Field (write-in)	Sports shop => footware

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