Funny dinner story

So, the other night at dinner, I learned how great it is that my daughter is a great reader, good speller, with an advanced vocabulary as compared with context and understanding the book or story you reading. Or your child as the case.may be.

So, somehow we were talking about the new Katy Perry video with her song "Roar". Andrew was describing what the video was like and different scenes in the video. Meanwhile, I had only heard part of the conversation and asked why Katy Perry was singing about "War". After a number of confused looks and some explanations about "Roar" (the song by Katy Perry) and painted face tigers and jungle back drops in the video, I was caught up with the conversation. 

So, Delaney chimes in that in the book she is reading (The Book Thief) people call each other "Wars".  That sounded odd so I asked if it was a nickname between friends or how they were using the word "War". 

The boys call some of the girls "wars" in the book.   Dana chimed in and said, "how do you spell "war"?"

Delaney answered "W-H-O-R-E.  The 'WH' sounds like when you say 'Whale'."

At that point, Andrew choked on his drink and burst out laughing with the rest of us.  We explained that whore is actually an insult that boys used and a very mean thing to call a girl.  It means the girl has sex with a lot of boys.

Yes, reading does expand your vocabulary.