Why Can't I Roll My 'R's If Millions Of Other People Can?

I cannot roll my ’r’s no matter how much I try. My mouth just refuses to make that noise. “How are children taught to make ...
The Cheat Sheet

‘A Christmas Story’: Was Flick’s Tongue Actually Frozen to the Pole?

A Christmas Story opened in 1983 to only moderate success. Since then, it has become a classic Christmas movie, and each year, fans rewatch Ralphie Parker’s quest to get a Red Ryder bb gun for ...
Cleveland Scene

Flick of the Tongue

Fans of A Christmas Story will remember Scott Schwartz as Flick, the 14-year-old kid whose tongue got stuck to a flagpole. But most don’t know that Flick grew up to become a talent agent for porn ...
The Conversation

Smelling in stereo – the real reason snakes have flicking, forked tongues

University of Connecticut provides funding as a member of The Conversation US. As dinosaurs lumbered through the humid cycad forests of ancient South America 180 million years ago, primeval lizards ...
Chicago Tribune

That tongue-trilling sound that Shakira made at the Super Bowl? That was a zaghrouta, the traditional Middle Eastern expression of joy.

Shakira’s high-pitched, tongue-flicking cry during the Super Bowl halftime show was a crowd pleaser, a scene stealer and, initially, a bit of a mystery. On Twitter, there were references to ...