This is the guy my mom wants me to marry

[conuly]

The fact that neither of us has ever met the guy is, apparently, totally irrelevant.

I'm surprised anybody is surprised that Alex Trebek was able to click his tongue. I mean, anybody can do that, right? I can, since I was a kid. I doubt I correctly produce the exact same clicks* used in this or that language, and wouldn't know it if I did, but I can certainly... make clicks with my tongue.

*_{Actually, looking back, as a kid, I may have stimmed that way. I certainly revert to making little rhythmic melodies when bored and alone now. Not around other people, though, if I can help it.}

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I can, I do, I just started doing it, and now Finbar is doing it (probably not realizing why).

My face is rather twitchy. Always was. It's just one way it gets twitchy.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Some people honestly seem unable to make any sounds outside their native phonetic inventory - I very much doubt my father could click his tongue, for instance. But I'm not at all surprised that Alex Trebek can do it, being trilingual - and I wonder if the ability to roll the tongue plays into it at all...

[ancarett]

Trebek is from my town (which is 35% francophone). I would be surprised if he isn't at least bilingual (French/English) since his mother was Franco-Ontarien.

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

I can, I do, I just started doing it, and now Finbar is doing it (probably not realizing why).

My face is rather twitchy. Always was. It's just one way it gets twitchy.

[atdelphi.livejournal.com]

Some people honestly seem unable to make any sounds outside their native phonetic inventory - I very much doubt my father could click his tongue, for instance. But I'm not at all surprised that Alex Trebek can do it, being trilingual - and I wonder if the ability to roll the tongue plays into it at all...

[ancarett]

Trebek is from my town (which is 35% francophone). I would be surprised if he isn't at least bilingual (French/English) since his mother was Franco-Ontarien.