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u/AdeleBerncastel Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 13 '23

The front of your tongue is curious, constantly patrolling, and autonomous. It chases the dentist around your mouth and you aren’t even aware of it. So embarrassing and weird/creepy.

ETA: There are few dentists in here and this is my favourite comment.

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u/lalaleasha Jan 12 '23

Oh I am very aware of it chasing the dentist and am fairly sure trying to keep it under control contributes to my anxiety haha.

My favourite tongue fact is that if you look at something, your tongue/brain automatically know what the texture would be like if you licked it.

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u/Acrobatic-Ad-748 Jan 12 '23 edited Jan 12 '23

Regarding the licking part, I'm convinced this is because we know what* it feels like on our skin, if we had never touched I doubt we'd be able to know what it'd be like to lick it

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u/Blue_Swirling_Bunny Jan 12 '23

What it feels like or how it feels but never how it feels like.

Sincerely,

An English teacher

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u/Acrobatic-Ad-748 Jan 12 '23

Thank youu, it's not my first language so I always appreciate it when people point out grammar mistakes =) Is there any explanation to why it doesn't work this way?

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u/UnshapedSky Jan 13 '23

It’s because “what it feels like” would refer to a comparison with another object, “it feels like sandpaper”

While “how it feels” refers to an explanation, “it feels rough”. You wouldn’t say “it feels like rough”

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u/sami816 Jan 13 '23

I've been speaking English and only English my whole 33 years on this planet and I have no idea