do you lot say " ballet flats" out LOUD

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id feel such a nob. i dont know however what i would call them

ballet flats sounds a bit editorial

I tidied my scarf drawer yesterday and thought what a nob I was

Innit

Yes, I do. Ballet shoes are soft ballet shoes here, for ballet class.

I call them pumps of flats, sometimes ballet flat. Don't feel a nob as I seem to have acquired friends who say things like:

Yesterday, In Fortnums

Why not say 'pumps' out loud instead! ........ hehe

pumps sounds like a fart
" ooh i just pumped"

sorry

I'm afraid I say ballet flats out loud, to people, with a straight face.

I can't see a way round it, really. I hate 'pumps' as a word; it makes me squirm with embarrassment.

Mind you, I think I jumped the wankiness shark a long time ago, the day I heard myself saying 'When I bumped into my homeopath in Fresh and Wild the other day ...'.

you old ponce ;)

It's a fair cop.

Pumps sounds amerikan like bangs

The wife in homeland would wear pumps

Are you having an affaire with "uncle" Mike?

It was said as a joke ......., i have heard people say this though muppets!!! x

In this house they are referred to as 'those ballet things'

Horrid flappy pongy footwear.

Pumps is so American.

'hey, I just got some awesome pumps from the store!'

NO.

Like a "dressy pant suit"
Hs company is American. We sometimes get edicts thus.

Pumps or more specifically 'a pump' as in 'I could wear this with a pump'

Hmm
Ballet shoes sounds like you are ballerina which is wierd
Unless you are Darcey herself
Ballet pumps i reckon

I just say pumps. Ballet at size 12/14 is never going to happen.

I call them 'ballerinas'. Not sure if this makes me better or worse than those who refer to them as ballet flats!

I say ballet flats. What else do you call them?