Friday, July 19, 2013

Mystery: Solved

We were waiting for a bus in Xiamen and talking about shoes for some reason.

"What are those shoes with little holes called?" Alex asked.

"Tennis shoes?" I suggested.

He didn't look convinced, but this led to a lengthy-ish discussion between Mom and me about evolving terms for different types of shoes.

As Alex hadn't been throughly satisfied with "tennis shoes," he and I went on trying to hash out what term he wanted.  

Shoes with little holes.

And then... it dawned on me.

Crocs.

They're very popular in China.  

^_^

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