Friday Words of the Day: Galoshes vs. Wellingtons

Are there differences?  There seems to be. However, the main objective is dry feet.

Pictured are my "rubber boots" which are more in the mind set of The Wellington, since it is only my feet that go into the boot. 

When I was a kid, I wore galoshes. A pair of red ones, as I recall. They fit nicely over my saddle oxfords.

Galoshes or Wellingtons?  Whichever one that you choose, enjoy the rain, keep your tootsies dry and splash into the weekend. Happy Friday, ya'll!!!

(Descriptions of galoshes and wellingtions are thanks to Wikipedia.)

Galoshes  (from French: galoches), also known as boat shoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber boot that is slipped over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet. The word galoshes might be used interchangeably with boot, especially a rubberized boot. Properly speaking, however, a galosh is an overshoe made of a weatherproof material to protect a more vulnerable shoe underneath and keep the foot warm and dry.

The Wellington is English inspired. "The Wellington boot is a type of boot based upon leather Hessian boots. They were worn and popularized by Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington. This novel "Wellington" boot became a staple of hunting and outdoor wear for the British aristocracy in the early 19th century.

Wellington boots are also known as rubber boots, wellies, wellingtons, topboots, billy-boots, gumboots, gumbies, gummies, rainboots, Alaskan Sneakers, kboots.