dang. Appears that our 3000th question was migrated :) (the shoes for NZ one)

jandals baby

sandals?

> jandal: English Noun: ( New Zealand ) An item of footwear , usually of rubber, secured by two straps mounted between the big toe and index toe.

yah, but kiwis are well known for just making up words

i wonder if you can go tramping in a jandal?

mind you, the australian version of that same sentence would be "i wonder if you can go hiking in a thong?" which would probably get strange looks in many other parts of the world...

i think i call the flipflops :)

if you tramp on one foot then yes

a flipflop is an electronic circuit or a politician changing its mind or an acrobatic maneouvre

Yes

But that's also a flipflop

flipflop is a contemporary synonym. thong used to be used in america too i have learned

Jandal comes from Japanese Sandal. Makes the most sense

question is up to 10th on hot list already :/

##Q: Is it safe to travel without a gun in the USA?

yep jandal was originally a brand name

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.

Yay wikipedia ;)

ah

schlapfen :)

The brand name thing (@hippietrail) is under debate

try the wiktionary article translation section

just says 'type of footwear'

and for etymology: 'Possibly a blend of Japanese and sandal.'

as someone who had a gun license/permit since I was 16, and now lives in the US, i sorta knew the answer to the gun question...

chustebi in georgian, never managed to find out in korean - seems to be slipper - but they're mostly used in the bathroom or when you should go from inside where you can't wear shoes to some spot where you can't be barefoot but don't want to go to the trouble of putting shoes on

but like so many areas of law, exactly how a non-permanent resident fits in is at best confusing

@Doc, I somehow suspected you might answer it, and it didn't take long :)

"translation section" d-:

A friend who worked at a NZ company, did 6 months at their North Carolina office, my understanding is he bought a hunting rifle while he was there

but regardless a "tourist" is never going to be a "resident" of any type

but resident != tourist

yeah

you can engage as tourism while being a resident

even a citizen is allowed to be a tourist

yes but in this context, we're talking about people from outside the US

I should clarify that in my question, brb

for those who like clicking "this": click this

i reside here d-:

if you actually google for hiking in a thong, you will get hits, including youtube

unfortunately the youtube link is a guy hiking in a thong...

ah, see, I went to the translation section of wiktionary for jandal, not flip-flop

but as someone who was born in South Africa, yay slops! :D

what about trekking in a g-string?

> Rinchingiin Indra, writing about Mongolian dairying, says "it takes considerable skill to milk a mare" and describes the technique: the milker kneels on one knee, with a pail propped on the other, steadied by a string tied to an arm. One arm is wrapped behind the mare's rear leg and the other in front. A foal starts the milk flow and is pulled away by another person, but left touching the mare's side during the entire process."

and now for a change of topic (-:

good grief

anyways, I need to be up in 4.5 hours, have a 12 hour drive tomorrow up to Mackenzie in northern BC

that'll be fun and cold :)

night all!

don't die

wear a hat