Dec-09-2011, 06:25 PM (UTC)
^ Merely reading this prompted a yawn, though it being just after 3am here may have a little to do with it!
Curiouser and curiouser. Now that you've got me thinking about it joost, I must say that I also yawn quite frequently when I read books aloud to my daughter...so possibly there's something in that since you are also reading to a younger audience! Maybe it has something to do with the need to add a little 'more' to the reading, like a witch's cackle or a yawn to punctuate a 'tired' or 'bedtime' moment?! I know I come across the latter quite a bit. Or do you yawn no matter who you read to?
I think you read to your nieces and nephews on the couch quite a bit too (?) but, no matter the temperature or time of day or night, my daughter and I tend to almost always snuggle up in bed under a doona so maybe comfort is a contributing factor for me?!
It could even be that the sing-songy rhyme of many younger texts serves as being too lullaby-like...rats, now I can't stop yawning!!
@ Valarya - You'll have to let us know how you go!! If you couldn't get through that moment, I wouldn't blame you at all!
Curiouser and curiouser. Now that you've got me thinking about it joost, I must say that I also yawn quite frequently when I read books aloud to my daughter...so possibly there's something in that since you are also reading to a younger audience! Maybe it has something to do with the need to add a little 'more' to the reading, like a witch's cackle or a yawn to punctuate a 'tired' or 'bedtime' moment?! I know I come across the latter quite a bit. Or do you yawn no matter who you read to?
I think you read to your nieces and nephews on the couch quite a bit too (?) but, no matter the temperature or time of day or night, my daughter and I tend to almost always snuggle up in bed under a doona so maybe comfort is a contributing factor for me?!
It could even be that the sing-songy rhyme of many younger texts serves as being too lullaby-like...rats, now I can't stop yawning!!
@ Valarya - You'll have to let us know how you go!! If you couldn't get through that moment, I wouldn't blame you at all!
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