Water boots

Wellies here!

Wellies. Although DGS calls them splashers.

As a child some used the full word “wellingtons” but they’ve always been wellies for me . I had an uncle who called them gum boots.

Such a variety of styles and colours now for children and adults. Ours were always plain old black. I love going off road for a wellie walk across the fields.

Wellies here too never heard of water boots.

Wellie boots here.

Gum boots here !

Wellies here too. Hadn't heard 'gumboots' for a long time.

Wellie boots here or wellies. My dad said gum boots sometimes when he was talking about farm life.

Yup wellies or wellingtons. Not heard of water boots but each to his/her own.

Another for wellie boots or wellies. Seem to remember, as a child DM said wellingtons.

Wellies, which is what everyone here calls them.
I had to buy a new pair, as DGD and I used to spend a lot of time splahing in the sea before lockdown put paid to that.?

Yes, gum boots, a blast from the past.
Wellies here. Never heard of water boots

Muck boots here, but that's because it is the brand name of my wellies.

Wellies/wellingtons/wellie boots here.

(Wish I could get extra long ones for two year old dgd, who loves leaping up and down in every puddle we come across on our very wet walks )

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFIBVNhjs7E

Wellies but gum boots when we were kids.

Wellies here ..... gum boots is a very older fashioned term not heard any more
I ve never heard Wellies called water boots maybe it’s a Northern Ireland thing any other posters from NI ?

The last time I had a sea paddle with my 2 youngest GC in March I felt one of my feet go very wet and icy cold as one of my wellies sprung a leak.

My little grandson was fascinated when I removed the wellies and left them in the beachside bin. There was already a very large pair of waist high fisherman waders hanging out of the bin.

Welligogs in our house

Wellies or Wellingtons. I have heard gumboots but never water boots.

Perhaps it's political. Ireland was possibly exploited by or hated the Duke of Wellington for some other reason so refused to use his name.

This would have been before Ireland was divided up of course, so the language would have been the same all over the island.

Lucca thanks for sharing the Billy Connolly clip. Not heard that for years. I watched a recent interview just last night. He hasn’t lost his sense of humour despite the impact of Parkinson’s.

It’s clearly an accepted term. Google it and you see you can buy them on Amazon!

I've always said Wellies but my parents said Water Boots.
My parents were from Norfolk and I assumed it was a local thing.

They were called gumboots back then, at home - but now wellies.