# Can you roll your tongue? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 15, 2003, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442 "2003-11-15T17:24:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/41 "2003-11-17T07:00:04Z")
I can do the U but not the W. I can turn my tongue over to the left but not so well to the right. I have lots more tongue tricks but you didn’t ask about them. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/42 "2003-11-17T07:43:31Z")
Exactly what **Zap\_Rowsdower** said, except that I can flip mine to the right, not the left. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/43 "2003-11-17T07:45:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*Ha! I can lick _other_ people’s eyebrows! \*\* Nothing clever in that my good man unless you are standing a few feet away from them ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/44 "2003-11-17T07:47:40Z")
I can’t roll my tongue, (but my kids can do amazing things with theirs). However, I can move my little toe independently of the rest of my toes…can that count as a redemptor? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/45 "2003-11-17T11:42:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by spogga \* > \*\*Nothing clever in that my good man unless you are standing a few feet away from them \*\* What if they’re not attached to anyone? Do I get any points for that? [sub]geez, tough crowd[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![CBCD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9fc348/32.png) [@CBCD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CBCD)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/46 "2003-11-17T12:06:39Z")
I can do a **U** and a kind of lame **W.** I can turn my tongue all the way over left to right, but cannot turn it over going from right to left at all. All three of my children can do a teriffic W, which they call **Clam Tongue** Thank you so much for asking! I’m so glad someone finally cares! ---
**Author:** ![AnnaLucretia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@AnnaLucretia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnnaLucretia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/47 "2003-11-17T13:15:45Z")
I can roll it both ways, fold it in half without holding it with my teeth, do the roll thing, AND make a cloverleaf. I still can’t visualize what the W is. Is the cloverleaf thing a W thing? I’ve never met anyone else who could do that! ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/48 "2003-11-17T15:24:28Z")
Yes, and yes, asssuming the cloverleaf thing is the W thing. I’ve also known a few special souls who could do a five-pointed clover … or, I guess, a VWV …? ---
**Author:** ![SanguineSpider](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SanguineSpider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanguineSpider)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/49 "2003-11-17T15:28:30Z")
I can roll my tongue into “U” but no “W”. Alas… I am quite sad now. Thanks for making me feel unworthy. _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2003, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/50 "2003-11-17T20:28:49Z")
I can do the U shape but not the W. My brother and father can also U, but my mother cannot. Also, I can only turn it to the left side. I find that odd. ---
**Author:** ![spogga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ab097/32.png) [@spogga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spogga)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/51 "2003-11-18T07:44:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dantheman \* > \*\*What if they’re not attached to anyone? Do I get any points for that? > > [sub]geez, tough crowd[/sub] \*\* You get 10 points \*\* IF \*\* you are holding the detached eyebrows at arms length and can lick 'em. Otherwise you get jack ---
**Author:** ![t-keela](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a3d4f5/32.png) [@t-keela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/t-keela)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2003, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442/52 "2003-11-18T08:12:17Z")
Why hell yeah I can roll my tongue. I can make w’s and flip it, twist it, I have very good tongue control. Matter of fact I can do things with my tongue that’ll curl your toes. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-roll-your-tongue/213442.md?page=2)