Dingbats and different vernaculars

OK, this is not in any way profound or thought provoking, but I had to share this email chain because it just struck me as funny and as an excellent example of "dingbatism".

Alisha to Jeanna:
When you texted me the other day and said that Old Navy had "thongs" on sale, I thought you were talking about panties. So, I got my package today and saw the flip flops and started cracking up! Good thing I wear the same size shoe as I do panties!!! Thank you again! The kids loved their stuff!

Love ya

Jeanna to Alisha:
Hah! That is funny. They always called them “thongs” in the Midwest. I sometimes forget about different vernacular if it’s a word I don’t use or hear very often. BTW, I love you and everything and my Grandma June always bought me a package of Fruit of the Loom cotton “briefs” at Christmas, but I don’t think you should ever expect that I naturally think of you when I’m in a store buying racy underwear – that’s a teensy bit awkward, just sayin’. Glad you got a good laugh anyway.

Jeanna to friend from NJ living in TN and to whom the email messages above were forwarded:
“Southern” words issues… case in point, sometimes using different words for things can get a little weird. Alisha is my stepdaughter. I have no idea why she didn’t question the fact that I was sending her a text about underwear preferences. We were apparently both having a blonde moment, though she’s not blonde. I asked her what color she wanted and wondered why she said most of hers were white or black when I couldn’t think of a time she ever wore white “flip flops”. I thought of her because those are the only kind of shoes she usually wears…not because I was concerned about her skimpy panty supply.

It's recently been brought to my attention that I suck...

Yes, I totally blew this off for like months as life events pushed me over the edge into a depression abyss of epic proportions. But my dear friend who just brought this to my attention is right, I need to refocus and maybe I can write my way out of this pit. O.K., resolve is strengthened. Prepare for a deluge of pithy postings!