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ypochris
Lokahi
USA
398 Posts |
 Posted - 06/06/2008 : 5:42:41 PM
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When I grew up in California in the 60's, we called em flip flops or more formally, zoris. Slippah and rubbah slippah didn't come until I moved to Hawai'i in the 70's.
Here in Michigan they call them sandals, rubber sandals, and rarely, flip flops. Not that they have much use for them... |
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Momi
Lokahi
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Posted - 06/06/2008 : 6:54:12 PM
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I grew up callin' 'em slippahs or kamaboko slippahs (Kepanee household, aftah all). I've worn zori (with kimono) and I've worn slippahs (wit evryting else), and lemme tell you, da slippah moa comfortable.
Dey call 'em "flipflops" in Seattle. |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 05:53:59 AM
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| Like Hapuna, I grew up running around mostly barefoot and used slippahs whenever we went out. Besides using da slippahs for marking limits of a court, dey also made good base markers too. And we did call them "slippahs"......maybe because the best ones came from the "Slipper House" which is still a very popular place to buy good slippahs in Ala Moana Shopping Center. |
Aloha,
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wcerto
Ahonui
USA
5052 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 06:05:22 AM
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And not that I was a naughty girl getting in trouble, but my Ma would use flip flops for give dirty lickins. Oooh, dat sting! I think it was better than cutting a switch. Ouch!
Was it Duke or was it Jay? When we went Chai's to see Makaha Sons, I think it was Jay who said dressed up if wear sneakers instead of slippahs. |
Me ke aloha
Malama pono,
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 07:18:59 AM
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Originally posted by Momi
Dey call 'em "flipflops" in Seattle.
Get one "infamous" band by that name in Seattle, too... |
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Lawrence
Ha`aha`a
USA
1597 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 08:50:18 AM
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In Florida as a kid, we called them Flip-Flops, but I mostly went barefoot (in spite of getting cut-feet and ring worm from time to time).
Could not afford no Flip-Flops, they wore out too fast!
One pair of shoes for School and Church, that's it!
And did I mention that sometimes I did not have any shoes at all, and had to just wear socks to school? Also had to walk 15 miles up a steep hill both ways to school and back in three feet of snow with barbed wire wrapped around my socks for traction.
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hapuna
Lokahi
USA
159 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 11:40:14 AM
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Originally posted by Lawrence
And did I mention that sometimes I did not have any shoes at all, and had to just wear socks to school?
So just imagine my shock when I chose to go to a private school and had to wear shoes and socks every day!!! Eh they neva tell me dat when I wen apply. That was a real pain!!!!  |
hapuna
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braddah jay
Lokahi
235 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 4:40:09 PM
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Eh too bad we nevah know auntie pupule,da slippa lady.Can tell you're financial status by da color of da slippa,2-tone(thong strap different color) 3-tone,lilly bit shame,4-tone,braddah you no mo shame. Had one buggah use to go shop at kukui gardens,walk up to da porch,leave his bussup slippa while taking there's.I still laugh tinking about da look must of been on dea face wen dey see dis ugly bussup pair slippa instead of deas. Aloha |
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javeiro
Lokahi
USA
459 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 4:43:24 PM
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Originally posted by Lawrence
.....And did I mention that sometimes I did not have any shoes at all, and had to just wear socks to school? Also had to walk 15 miles up a steep hill both ways to school and back in three feet of snow......
That's exactly what my grandpa used to try to tell us! Except he never had socks to wear! |
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Julie H
Ha`aha`a
USA
1206 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2008 : 9:37:10 PM
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So while living on a tropical island as a youngster, I refused to wear shoes or "sloffen". Would regularly go out into the rice paddies to chase frogs and run away from poisonous snakes with no footwear whatsoever. OOOO, my Mama would beat me to within an inch of my life with bamboo strips bound together to look like a broom. Used to have lots of scars on my legs.
But now I do wear slippas. Except in the house. Really, I was born barefooted!!! It is natural for me...
Julie
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Auntie Maria
Ha`aha`a
USA
1918 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 05:19:58 AM
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I'm not Hawaiian -- but my Mexican-Scot mother wanted our hardwood floors to remain scuff/dent-free, so everyone was required to remove their shoes upon entering our California house. Small kid time, I'd forget to put shoes on when running out the door -- and she'd yell at me, every time. Guess my feet were meant to go barefoot...
Then my dad came back from Hawai`i (early 1950's) with a pair of pink (!!) go-aheads for me. Why that name, you ask? Because you couldn't run backwards in them!!
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hapuna
Lokahi
USA
159 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 05:45:32 AM
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Originally posted by Auntie Maria
Then my dad came back from Hawai`i (early 1950's) with a pair of pink (!!) go-aheads for me. Why that name, you ask? Because you couldn't run backwards in them!!
Aunty, as anyone from Hawaii will tell you, you can do anything in sippahs. Yes it takes good technique but running backwards is doable.
The worst thing about sippahs is when someone steps on da back of um and you blow out of them. |
hapuna
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Retro
Ahonui
USA
2368 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 08:35:43 AM
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Originally posted by hapuna
Yes it takes good technique but running backwards is doable.
I learned about "technique" the hard way last year. I was wearing some while bringing large (on wheels) recycling bins into our building's garage - backwards - uphill - when one slipped off my foot, and said foot went under the bin's wheels.
Got me one broken toe outta that experience. |
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guitarded
Ha`aha`a
USA
1799 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 08:55:11 AM
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Originally posted by Retro
Got me one broken toe outta that experience.
Dass what us rubbah slippah kama'ainas call da malihini learning curve. |
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hapuna
Lokahi
USA
159 Posts |
Posted - 06/08/2008 : 09:27:54 AM
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Originally posted by Retro
[quote]I learned about "technique" the hard way last year. I was wearing some while bringing large (on wheels) recycling bins into our building's garage - backwards - uphill - when one slipped off my foot, and said foot went under the bin's wheels.
Got me one broken toe outta that experience.
Everybody knows you gotta use da steel toe rubbah slippah for industrial jobs!!! |
hapuna
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Edited by - hapuna on 06/08/2008 09:28:17 AM |
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