Emily's Musings

Tongue Rolling

Ok, I know this is random, but I was just talking about this with S the other day and then Mom sent this adorable photo of my cousin rolling her tongue (I wonder if her twin brother can too?). Mom can. I can't. I can't remember if my Dad can (can you?) Brian? Anyway, I always thought it would be a terribly cool thing to be able to do and always found it so frustrating that I couldn't (even with a genetic explanation). I'm sure I had to chart the whole family in elementary school but can't remember what I concluded at the time.

Articles like this one seem to shed some doubt over the heridary reliability of this trait which doesn't help. Apparently, tongue rolling is a trait that can be learned (ha! i've tried and tried but apparently can't learn it ... though I just practiced a bit more and it seems to curl a bit more than I remember it used to doing, but still not that nice tight curl others can do).