Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
I have no explanation for us Southern California teens and kids using the term "zori" in the 1960s, but there it is.

If somebody said "thongs" "sandals" or the onomatopoeic "flipflops" I would know what they meant, but for us the ordinary word was zorries.

For sure there was a large local Japanese-American presence, still is.
I grew up in San Diego and never heard the term zories. In my household it was always flip flops. But I was a kid in the 90s so it could be a generational thing. Or maybe even regional.