Eating syrup with a fork??

Question

There is a song I used to hear a lot as a kid: Tengo una Muñeca. It was a nice song, and helped me learn some spanish early on. But one thing puzzles me. I always thought that tenedor meant spoon because of this line: "Me le de jarabe con el tenedor." I gave her syrup with a spoon. Or so i thought. Later on, I was told that cuchara was a spoon and tenedor was fork.

But how could she feed her syrup with a fork?

This may be a weird question, but I really would like to know. Thank you in advance for any help.

Nice question. - annierats, Nov 27, 2012

Answer 1

Las muñecas no comen muy bien y por eso sería mejor darles su comida y medicamentos en pequeñas cantidades, si no, no pueden tragar. Un tenedor sirve muy bien .

Dolls have trouble swallowing and because of this you must only give them food and medication in very small quantities. A fork is ideal.

Very nice annie. I voted for you. - geofc, Nov 27, 2012

Thanks Geof. - annierats, Nov 28, 2012

Thanks! I like that. - Leanna1010, Nov 28, 2012

Answer 2

Agreed; it's a weird question.

Is the song making fun of the muñeca, suggesting that she's silly enough to think that she can eat syrup with a fork? Maybe dolls have some other set of skills that allow them to eat syrup with a fork? I don't know but there are equally strange things out there.

Do you know that a cat laps water (or other liquids) with its tongue turned down at the tip and edges?

Yeah, but i guess most children's songs are weird anyway. - Leanna1010, Nov 28, 2012

and no, i didn't know that about the cat. cool. :) - Leanna1010, Nov 28, 2012