Balleret

Last night Joel and I got to talking about heights of children in his first/second grade combined class.

He remarked that one girl "is taller than me when she stands on her tippy toes, which she does a lot because she takes balleret."

"You mean ballet?"

"Thank you very much," he answered matter-of-factly.

"For what? I asked

"For saying that word like a girl. I'm not a girl so I can't say it."