Haha wow, that's something.

Interesting, thanks. I'd do it. Sounds like a minor operation to me. But I wouldn't tell people. Plus between struggling to speak, and speaking with ease, it's not much of a choice, since speech therapy doesn't seem to apply here.

Last edited by EratiK (2011 August 19, 8:34 am)

I don't wanna change the topic but what scares me a bit is that she has never been to Korea. I hope she doesn't get disappointed or regret her decisions later on. If I was her I would've invested the money in a Korea trip and put off the tongue surgery for a while.

Last edited by ThomasB (2011 August 19, 8:53 am)

ThomasB wrote:

If I was her I would've invested the money in a Korea trip and put off the tongue surgery for a while.

What money? She had it done via the NHS - which means it cost her nothing! Hurruh for free socialist healthcare!!

Any as someone said already, this is a really minor "operation". No blood, no pain, wouldn't even require a trip to hospital, just a quick snip - her doctor probably did it. Many piercing shops offer this same procedure...it's handy lengthening your tongue to add extra tongue bars, or to please your lover (if you know what i mean..)

Last edited by aphasiac (2011 August 19, 11:14 am)

No, but maybe Korea has...

ThomasB wrote:

what scares me a bit is that she has never been to Korea.

I was thinking the same thing, but more to do with the amount of effort she's put in to learning korean and the years of dreaming about going there than the surgery, which sounds risk free and useful. I just hope she likes it when she finally goes there.

It's very minor surgery, she got it done for free and her accent has improved.  Sounds good to me.

mezbup wrote:

She'll fit right in, Korea is all about plastic surgery. I take my hat off to her though. She's obviously going to succeed at language learning... she even goes to a Korean church. It's the people who truly make it their lives that actually succeed.

Can't disagree with that, expect the surgery part.

bcrAn wrote:

She's hot.

...if you say so.

Thora wrote:

mezbup wrote:

She's obviously going to succeed at language learning... she even goes to a Korean church. It's the people who truly make it their lives that actually succeed.

But let's not leave out all the ones who succeed at language learning without truly making it their lives...  :-)

What are you saying Thora, that you should only focus on efficiency and reduce how much L2 exposure you have? I don't understand. ;p

Last edited by nest0r (2011 August 19, 7:04 pm)

ThomasB wrote:

I don't wanna change the topic but what scares me a bit is that she has never been to Korea. I hope she doesn't get disappointed or regret her decisions later on.

But having a frenectomy usually improves the lives of those who undergo it, if not just so that they can now lift their tongues better and lick stuff the way they're supposed to be licked (yeah).

Or, if you're talking about studying Korean with the intent of living and working there without having ever visited the country, I can't see how studying the language can be something to be regretted — not even the time spent can be mulled over, as most people usually do worse things with theirs. Also, the cognitive enhancement and expansion of horizons it brings certainly may help her doing numerous other things in case that plan doesn't work out as expected.

Last edited by gdaxeman (2011 August 20, 12:58 am)

Someone a little over obsessed with language learning. With various different accents in English it just seems to be an unnecessary procedure. From my view learning something incorrect is more of an impediment in ones education. However, there is a great pleasure in learning how to do something correct, without any short cuts.

Couldn't resist.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3t3IKlXqFU