23 Apr
2012
23 Apr
'12
1:03 p.m.
On Apr 23, 2012, at 3:54 PM, Mouse wrote:
Yeah, we call them "slippers" here too in the Colonies. A lot of
clothing slang makes it across fairly intact, with the notable
exception of "pants" (which is what we call our trousers, much to
the confusion of our British friends).
- Dave
[...] slippers
[...]
(Not sure how well slippers translates into West Pondian but
lightweight house shoes...)
That's roughly what my (North American) eye read it as; I think that,
at least in that usage, it's one of those words that doesn't need
translation when it crosses the Atlantic.