Every week I say to myself, “Give them something breathtaking to hear.” Well not this week. This week is about charm, childhood, and charisma.
I was recently introduced to the world of Muzzy, the BBC Language Course for Children. Clearly, I’m a lost cause as far as the program is concerned, but one track in particular struck a nerve: the French version of the “A-E-I-O-U” song.
Honestly, it’s too endearing to be educational, and this allure is what keeps me from blinking twice at nonsensical lyrics such as, “A-E-I-U-O. A motorbike. / I-O-U-E-A. Let’s go!”
Because Muzzy is a bear. He is an alien-bear-thing—with a penchant for devouring clocks—here (this time) to teach French. On y va!
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August 2nd, 2007 at 3:53 pm
Takes me back to 3rd grade French class. Nice work!
August 3rd, 2007 at 10:56 am
We had Muzzy in Irish. There are some nights still where I wake up, sweating, hair tousled, duvets thrown to the floor… I’ve just had another Muzzymare.
September 27th, 2007 at 9:22 pm
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November 14th, 2007 at 5:51 pm
I just wanted to say that I feel exactly the same as you do about this song in French! (But I don’t have the Muzzy tapes and such to look back on, as I had borrowed it from the library as a child, but could never talk mom into ordering it so I could get the second course, too..)