Talk:Slipper

Pantoffel/Slipper
In German and Dutch there is the word 'Pantoffel'. In Dutch this word pantoffel stands for slippers worn indoors, on dry surfaces, while slipper stands for those worn outside or on wet surfaces. Is there such a distinction in English as well? Wiki-uk 12:32, 19 April 2007 (UTC)


 * They're not even marketed with that distinction. kencf0618 (talk) 15:14, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

Japanese Slippers
I've reworked the article, but it needs someone knowledgable about Japanese customs.kencf0618 (talk) 16:04, 5 January 2008 (UTC)

neutrality
arguments on neutrality can be found in the articles hiden comments. --CyclePat (talk) 06:46, 26 February 2008 (UTC)

Move
oppose. Anthony Appleyard (talk) 13:58, 17 August 2009 (UTC) Slipper → Slippers &mdash; Slippers is -like sandals, scissors- always plural, thus move article. &mdash; 81.245.64.171 (talk) 10:36, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose. You can't have one scissor, but you can have one shoe, one sandal or one slipper. That's why those articles are in singular titles: shoe, sandal (footwear), and this article. We use the plural only when the title is "always in a plural form in English", or when it's one of the exceptions listed at WP:PLURAL. This one isn't. Jafeluv (talk) 19:11, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose for reasons already outlined above. --DAJF (talk) 22:43, 11 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Oppose WP:PLURAL — V = I * R  (talk) 00:31, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Perjorative language
Does anyone else think that calling common colloqialisms "incorrect" is a bit pejorative? We should have a more neutral word. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.189.106.2 (talk) 04:50, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

British schools?
From the article:
 * "Some British schools have rules that enforce the wearing of slippers indoors."

I've never heard of this (and I'm British) though it's a while since I was at school. A reference would be nice... as indeed would more referencing throughout the article. Loganberry (Talk) 15:05, 3 January 2011 (UTC)

This reads like a middle school essay
The language in this article reads like an 8th grader wrote it. I cleaned it up a little but the language needs to be beefed up... a LOT. I can't put my finger on it but if you read it out loud you end up hearing that it lacks advanced sentence structure and word usage. There is also a huge lack of references and source materials. --goej (talk) 06:32, 13 January 2014 (UTC)

Assessment comment
Substituted at 06:23, 30 April 2016 (UTC)

oldest slippers
khadau slippers are the oldest form of slippers. in India pls do research on this 103.58.4.57 (talk) 07:42, 20 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Do you have a reliable source to support your assertion? Mitch Ames (talk) 07:54, 20 January 2022 (UTC)