Does 'meter' rhyme with 'cheetah'? (And more from our new Paris kids' book)
The Earful Tower: Paris
Oliver Gee
4.8 • 749 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Our new children's book, The Animal Games in Paris, left us with some unusual questions.
Does meter rhyme with cheetah? Apparently not, according to some.
And if not, should we keep it in the book? And on that note, should we spell it meter, or metre? Or both?
And that's just a few of the text-based questions from Oliver, who wrote the book.
As for the illustrations by Lina... should Notre Dame be seen as under construction, given that's what it looks like right now? Or should it seem perfect and complete?
What about drawing Olympic Games related stuff? Should the opening ceremony really be on the River Seine, given the plan might be scrapped?
Hosts Oliver and Lina discuss some of the talking points that went into making their fourth children's book, The Animal Games in Paris, which you can find only via The Earful Tower's online shop here.
And a super shoutout to Janet Hulstrand who has edited all five books from Earful Tower Publishing, and who certainly doesn't speak with the atrocious accent that Oliver did in this episode. Find Janet here for her own books and editing services.
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| 0:00.0 | Did you know that in Paris, in summer, each year, the people pack up and they all disappear? |
| 0:07.1 | And when it's all quiet, when no one remains, that marks the start of the animal games. |
| 0:16.4 | Lena Nordenji, how you doing? |
| 0:18.5 | I am great. |
| 0:20.1 | Congratulations to you, not only on your fourth children's book getting published, but the three |
| 0:27.1 | week old baby that's in your arms, Astrid. |
| 0:30.8 | A lot is happening at once. |
| 0:32.1 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:33.3 | And to you. |
| 0:34.2 | Oh, thank you very much. |
| 0:35.0 | Because you also have a part in all this. |
| 0:37.3 | Yes, I did the words. |
| 0:39.5 | Yes. |
| 0:40.5 | Let's talk. |
| 0:41.2 | Well, the idea is that today we're going to do a quick episode and talk about our new book, which is called the Animal Games in Paris. |
| 0:47.5 | We're not just going to be talking about a children's book. |
| 0:49.8 | We're going to talk about sort of the fun um, the fun and interesting and unusual. |
| 0:55.5 | The process behind all. |
| 0:57.6 | Yeah. Yeah. And the challenges that come with writing, for me, writing something that has to |
| 1:02.5 | cross, uh, international boundaries when it comes to things like rhyme, spelling. |
| 1:09.1 | Mm-hmm. I feel like that is very much on point for the Olympics, you know, |
| 1:13.9 | cross the international borders, coming together. |
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