Slipper Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Updated on post 21 Help. My youngest made a comment today about some pants of hers that we were cutting up. There was very little left of the pants and she wanted to wear them. I told her no and she said she could wear them as a thong. She has made some very bizarre statements over the past six months and I'm trying to track them down. I asked her where she heard the word thong and she couldn't remember. I told her she needed to remember and she said that one of the monsters in the BFG wears a thong. I have never read the book and I'm hoping someone can clarify. It's important as I'm making a list of these things to discuss with her pediatrician this Friday. I know it may seem like a little or silly thing, but I would appreciate anyone who could answer this question. Edited November 6, 2012 by Slipper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 No. There is no character I can think of in the BFG that wears a thong, though there is a (slim) chance I am mistaken. I've read that book multiple times, and honestly can't remember any mention of anything like that. :confused: ETA: I was wondering if I was wrong, so I did the keyword search inside thing on Amazon, and no results for the word thong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghee Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Does it perhaps wear THONGS? As in sandals? My dad, who grew up in Wisconsin, always called flip flops "thongs". I know it made my mother blush EVERY time he said it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 What is the BFG book? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 Does it perhaps wear THONGS? As in sandals? My dad, who grew up in Wisconsin, always called flip flops "thongs". I know it made my mother blush EVERY time he said it. Anybody know about this? Thongs would make sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 What is the BFG book? I am assuming she means The BFG by Roald Dahl, a funny book about giants and a little girl named Sophie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper Posted November 5, 2012 Author Share Posted November 5, 2012 What is the BFG book? I think it is "Big, Friendly Giant". It's a children's book and my other daughter read it and loved it. My youngest wasn't too fond of it but read most of it. momto2Cs, yes, that's the one I meant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Anybody know about this? Thongs would make sense. No mention of thongs that I can remember in that book either, and again the search inside feature on Amazon doesn't show anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest inoubliable Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Anybody know about this? Thongs would make sense. I haven't read the book, but wasn't Roald Dahl British or Australian? Every Aussie I ever met called flip-flop sandals "thongs". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 I haven't read the book, but wasn't Roald Dahl British or Australian? Every Aussie I ever met called flip-flop sandals "thongs". Norwegian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie Smith Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 No mention of thongs as in underwear. I think, the giant might have worn thongs as in flip flops / shoes on his feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somo_chickenlady Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 Does it perhaps wear THONGS? As in sandals? My dad, who grew up in Wisconsin, always called flip flops "thongs". I know it made my mother blush EVERY time he said it. I'm wondering if this is the case. I haven't read it in a while, but it was my favorite book as a child. I actually still have it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caitilin Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 (edited) Norwegian. Maybe, but he certainly lived in Britain and wrote British English. Edited November 5, 2012 by Caitilin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 What is the BFG book? The B.F.G. is the title of a Roald Dahl book. The book pre-dates the use of the word thong to mean underwear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) I haven't read the book, but wasn't Roald Dahl British or Australian? Every Aussie I ever met called flip-flop sandals "thongs". Yes, everyone here calls flip-flops thongs. I can't do it! Roald Dahl was British. Edited November 6, 2012 by skeeterbug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) There is no mention of the either "thong" or "thongs" in any recent edition of the novel, and I have no reason to believe there was in the original edition. Edited November 6, 2012 by nmoira Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lailasmum Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) I think the BFG did wear flip flops but I don't remember the word thongs being used. I think Dahl was of Norweigan descent but British by birth. Edited November 6, 2012 by lailasmum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 (edited) Roald Dahl does NOT mention underwear in the BFG. Sophie does wear a nightie for most of the story but underwear does NOT recieve a mention and, as mentioned, THONGS as footwear is ours (Australian), not British, Norwegian or even New Zealand (Jandles). (We double-take at the 'F' word you use for backside, which is the rude word we know for 'girl's front-bottom'.) Here's a funny on the topic.. http://media.beta.photobucket.com/user/bigricester/media/Cartoon/thong.jpg.html?filters[term]=thong%20cartoon&filters[primary]=images&filters[secondary]=videos&sort=1&o=0 ETA: that link did not work sorry, try this... I think your dd may have been giving you a false lead. Edited November 6, 2012 by Pod's mum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skeeterbug Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 THONGS as footwear is ours (Australian)' date=' not British, Norwegian or even New Zealand (Jandles). (We double-take at the 'F' word you use for backside, which is the rude word we know for 'girl's front-bottom'.) [/quote'] I remember using thongs for flip-flops as a child, I think it changed in the 80s in America. I trained myself not to use it and then I moved here and I'm still trying to get used to it. I had no idea about the other word! Now I'm hoping I've never used it but the only time I would use it is to refer to a f-pack, what do you call that here? OP, it is interesting that she said he wore "a thong" and not "thongs" because that implies underwear, obviously not from the BFG book. She had to have gotten that somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pod's mum Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Hello Skeeta, We call them 'bum-bags'. The link you gave explains anatomically why we've renamed them. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slipper Posted November 6, 2012 Author Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks for the replies. I suspected a "false lead" and read through page 100 in BFG last night (speed reader). The monsters wear sandals, not thongs. I asked her where she saw the word 'thong' in the book and she pointed to a picture of one of the monsters wearing a loin-cloth (for lack of a better description). She couldn't find the word and finally told me she heard about it in a dream. My oldest sees a psychiatrist due to her autism/anxiety and I talked with him this morning. He's made a referral for a female psychiatrist to speak with my youngest daughter about our ongoing concerns. Thanks for all the replies and help, I really don't want to discuss it further. :grouphug: Not trying to offend anyone. :grouphug::grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momto2Cs Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 Thanks for all the replies and help, I really don't want to discuss it further. :grouphug: Not trying to offend anyone. :grouphug::grouphug: :grouphug: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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