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Old 07-11-2016, 06:59 PM
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Monika
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Originally Posted by orangeroom View Post
Oh, also I'm not a fan whenever my mom would say thong when she meant flip-flops. We often corrected her and tried to clarify that thong nowadays meant something entirely different and she should not say it loud and out in public!!!
I also called the shoes "thongs" until I had to inform newly hired employees about our company dress code. When I told them that they could not wear thongs, they asked me how anyone would know. We all had quite a laugh and I learned to use the term flip flops.
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