Girl Has Tongue Lengthened So She Can Speak Korean

Rhiannon, 19, who hopes to live in Korea after university, found she had difficulties pronouncing some words.

Her dentist said it was because her tongue was shorter than average, which meant she could not make a distinctive L-sound that occurs in the Korean language.

So determined Rhiannon had surgeons snip part of the skin flap that attaches the tongue to the mouth — and it now reaches a full centimetre further.

She said: “Surgery was the only option. It’s not like you can just stretch your tongue.

“Some people might say it’s a bit extreme but I’m a perfectionist. My pronunciation was very foreign before but now I can speak with a Korean accent.”

Rhiannon, of Beeston, Notts, is awaiting A-level results and hopes to do a Korean Studies degree at Sheffield University.

A tad obsessed? Perhaps … but her story is a real believe it or not!

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