Student Girl Has Tongue Job To Speak Korean - Page 7
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On August 17 2011 08:17 Tewks44 wrote: so this family was not only nieve enough to be scammed into getting an unnecessary and ineffective surgery on their daughter's tongue, but the family was also nieve enough to think the surgery was so cool and dandy they should have an article written about it. Wow The real question is, is this really something surprising? I mean, I would classify myself as someone who lives under a rock and I've heard/seen some retarded/fucked-up/mind-blowing shit ppl are capable of. | ||
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On August 13 2011 00:56 aurum510 wrote: You mean in the mouth or in the nasopharynx? Like before you put it up in there or after? If it's before, your tonsils are there by your uvula (the teardrop thing in the back of your mouth). They have a bumpy texture. I had mine removed, but I can still feel remnants of them there. ah ok, hmm hard to explain... kinda at the barrier between the mouth and the nasopharinx i think... at the far right and left of the mouth. there's like two things on each side which feel kinda spherical. | ||
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On August 12 2011 21:51 RosaParksStoleMySeat wrote: No, it doesn't. There is absolutely no evidence and no reasoning that it would. Differences in pronunciation between native and non-native speakers of a language exist solely in the brain. It makes no sense that they would be physical considering tongue lengths and shapes vary just as much within a tribe as they do on a worldwide level. Why is it that Korean people seem to be just fine with their tongue length, and this problem only afflicts non-native speakers? I'd even bet you that comparing places of articulation with the Korean /l/ and the English /l/ do not show that much of a difference in tongue extending. Surgery cannot treat non-native pronunciation in a language; it's a completely different issue. You may ask "Why does the military do it then?" and to that I'll just ask you another question: Why does the military still use the audiolingual method--a methodology of teaching second languages that was proven completely ineffective in the mid 60's--as the primary way of training their soldiers to speak other languages? The reason why you hear differences in their pronunciation is because you're looking for differences in their pronunciation. I feel like maybe there are two different points here. The girls tongue was shorter than average, not saying shorter than a koreans, but shorter than average. We can't make the assumption it was to be made longer like a koreans, but maybe just longer like an average person. And there is evidence to show tha tongue length does affect pronounciation, ask anyone with a lisp. I don't think you're wrong, and I'm sure the scam you are on about may well exist, but this could be legitimate. | ||
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