The Tip of the Tongue

Description : The story is about a set of interviews by Abla Fadila, the popular radio personality. She discussed the correct pronunciation of the letters that are produced by the tip of the tongue and how many announcers on radio and tv eat the words. She challenges her guests, who are announcers, to pronounce some letters. Fadia explains how she feels shy to stick her tongue out because as children we are brought up to think that this is rude and only dogs should do it. So, Abla Fadila explains in her next show how such embaressment leads to eating the letters and mispronunciation.

SGD : Goal 4: Quality Education

Keywords : Children literature, Our Beautiful Language, Abla Fadila, eating the letters, the Egyptian radio

Type : An educational story

Relations : It is one of eight stories in the collection Our Beautiful Language: The Laughing Letters

Coverage : The story is about Abla Fadila's interviews about the letters that are pronounced using the tip of the tongue

Language and Age : In Arabic for age 11-12

Publishing Rights : The writer and Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publisher and Place : Al-Dar Al-Masriah Al-Lubnaniah, Cairo

Publication Date : 2000

E-Format : 19 pages in Arabic