Flippers?!..lol

[DevonDiver]

JACQUES COUSTEAU Divers Fin Flippers 1963 Patent_S196

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JACQUES COUSTEAU Divers Fin Flippers 1963 Patent_S196

and now... you fin wearing dive snobs...can kiss my flipper wearing behind

 

[David Wilson]

Germany, Russia and Malaysia are three countries with national standards for fins/flippers:

DIN 7876. Tauchzubehör. Schwimmflossen. Maße, Anforderungen und Prüfung. Diving accessories for skin divers; Flippers, requirements and testing.

ГОСТ 22469-77. ЛАСТЫ РЕЗИНОВЫЕ ДЛЯ ПЛАВАНИЯ. Общие технические условия. Swimming rubber flippers. General specifications.

MS 974:2002. Malaysian Standard. Specification for rubber swimming fins.

The German and the Russian Standards use the word "flippers", not "fins", in the official English version of their titles. Only the Malaysian Standard uses the word "fins".

Furthermore, English is not the only language with two words for fins/flippers. For example, modern Greek has Πτερύγια-pterugia (fins) and Βατραχοπέδιλα-batrachopedila (frogfeet), while Brazilian Portuguese has nadadeiras (fins) and pé-de-pato (duckfeet). Both formal and informal words are used in both countries in diving equipment retail contexts.

 

[BKP]

flipper is a bad actor!!!

That's what happens when you're paid in sardines...

 

[Max Speed]

I had a guy at a dive shop turn around and walk away when I asked him the difference between two pairs of flippers.

Asking my wife where my flippers are usually guarantees I get the picnic table to myself at the quarry. If that doesn't work, she asks my where her helmet is and I hand her a neoprene hood.

I figure after watching all this anybody out of air will just shoot to the surface instead of pestering me for my octo.