Recently my singing instructor has had me practicing runs (i.e. moving up and down notes within a single sung word). It's a lot of fun, and especially welcome given that it allows me to practice while working around the lingering effects of the cold I caught six months ago.
My instructor is all about helping me understand precisely which parts of my vocal system I'm engaging at any particular time; and that end she asked me: "When you are singing this run, where do you feel it?"
"Kind of... at the back of my throat?" I answered.
"Ah, okay. So you feel it in your..." - and I saw the gears whirring - "...vulva"?
At that point our eyes met; and we both burst into laughter.
"Uvula! I meant uvula!" she yelled.
Now my instructor can't wait to share this particular mix-up with her whole family; and I get to tell people that there are apparently even more esoteric singing techniques than I was originally aware!