can i just be extremely pedantic here?

[stitch]

a sandal is either a birkenstock, or its not.
there is no such thing as a birkenstock type sandal

what about a Birkenstock style sandal ?

Post in pedants' corner!!!!!

who cares?

wrinkly, thought of that as i was typing!

no. no such thing as a birkenstock style sandal. the birkenstock is a birkenstokc because of the footbed. withoutthe footbed, it is just a flip flop

no no birkenstocks could never be described as flip flops

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no, not birkenstocks. the fake wannabe things that pretend to be bitkenstocks. they ar ethe flip flops

At least they are not "snadals",Stitch.
That keeps annoying me but I am sure it is a typo,and I am guilty of many.

ah ok, I see what you're saying

lol!

"sandles" winds me up something chronic, unreasonable, I know.

Sorry,MMJ

I am terrible at typing,and spelling and grammar are non to clever,either.

No offence intended !

But there are other brands that do a footbed style sandal. Flip flops are only flip flops if they make a flip flop noise against your heels when you walk, any other type of sandal is not a flip flop whether they are imitating a Birkinstock or not.

but they ar e not birkenstocks.
they are fake wannabe footbeds trying to be birkenstocks.

life is too short...

Couldn't you more succinctly say "fake wannabe footbeds trying to be birkenstocks" as "birkenstock type"?

or "fake birkenstock"

i have much to learn in the world of pedanticism