I Can Swing My Apples
April 20, 2003
Zoe: Listen, Dad, I can swing my apples. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
Me: “Swing your apples?”
Zoe: Yeah, I can swing my apples. Listen. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
Me: Do you mean “roll your Rs?”
Zoe: Yeah. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…
Comments
josh
That is clearly awesome.
lynnuelsons
we vote yes to zoe.
jack
i don’t even know what you’re talking about…
Jodi
Either do I. I want to say it’s cute, but I don’t get it!
Grettir
She was just referring to “rolling her Rs” as “swinging her apples.” I’m not sure where she got the phrase from. I guess “rolling” and “swinging” are vaguely similar verbs but, as for “apples,” who knows…
Kate
Some of my voice students cannot, whatever I say, learn to roll their “r’s.” Perhaps “swinging your apples” just makes more sense to certain people. I might just try that…
Jodi
It’s definitely cute, then, Grettir. She hereby gets an “A” for “awww”.
Kim
It just occurred to me that she was referring to her “adam’s apple”… don’t know … just a thought.