Funny thing about that as I remember, when I was a child, the term 'thongs' was exclusively used, AFAIK, for footwear here in the USA.

'Slides' was a synonym.

I wasn't till decades later that the term came into use for swimwear.

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On Monday, December 9, 2019, 12:53:48 PM MST, Ewan <xxxxxx@quibell.org.uk> wrote:

> After doing the professionally-needed stuff, she was chatting with the
> guy on the other end and mentioned she had had to chuck some thongs on
> before jumping out of the ute - she later reckoned she could _hear_ the
> poor sod blush. As sis later put it, "That's when I found out that I
> was talking South West Pacific English about footwear and the poor bloke
> on the other end was listening in North East Pacific English about undies."

Yup, got to love the Aussie ladies dispensing Durex while wearing thongs ... I mean who wouldn’t?

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