Teen gets tongue surgically lengethened to speak Korean

[Kiyo Murasama]

http://oddnews.yahoo.com/video-odd-news-26324186

So crazy! I just saw this and was like woh. I just wish that they had gone into depth about why she needed it longer to speak Korean. :l Really, why? Do Koreans have longer tongues than, say, British people? What about the Japanese? Chinese? Syrians? xD I don't know much about Korean.  

[randomnessensues]

Well, they did mention that she had a shorter than average tongue. So I think for most people their tongue is the proper length to speak Korean. Who knows, maybe her English pronunciation improved as well.  

[Henneth Annun]

The fact that her tongue was shorter than average made this not seem so strange. If she literally wasn't about to pronounce the sounds properly, then I suppose it's a good thing she got this surgery.  

[Sakura Latte]

I have a pretty short tongue (i can't even stick it out 0.5cm past my lips), but I'm still able to pronounce Korean.  

[Sockers]

It's odd, but I suppose ultimately it's her choice.  

[Bokusenou]

There's a longer article on it. It seems like she had a pretty minor surgery, so I doubt she'll regret it even if she gives up Korean in a week. I think the news over blew this whole story.  

[AceTrainerBrooke]

Maybe she was tounge-tied. I have that condition too, but I never needed to have it fixed
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ankyloglossia (it's picture of a tongue, but language is all about the toungue)

But unless it interferes with eating it's fine.

I can speak other languages just fine even though I'm tounge tied. I speak Japanese and a little Korean and I've been complemented on my pronunciation before.  

[FearlessDictator]

Pronouncing the "th" noise must have been annoyingly difficult...


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