Student Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones who is so obsessed with Korean culture that she has had her tonge surgically lengthened to help her speak the language. [Agencies]

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A student is so obsessed with Korean culture that she has had her tongue surgically lengthened to help her speak the language, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Rhiannon Brooksbank–Jones, 19, plans to take Korean Studies at university and dreams of living in the country. While taking language lessons, she struggled to pronounce certain sounds in Korean. It was blamed on having a slightly shorter than average tongue.

Her parents agreed to her having a lingual frenectomy, a 15–minute operation under local anaesthetic that involved an incision in the flap of skin. Rhiannon admitted that it was "agony at first" but her tongue is now about 1 centimeter longer and she can say words that were impossible before.（點擊英國《每日電訊報》查看原文）

女孩為學韓語拉長舌頭

?????? 據英國《每日電訊報》報道，一位英國學生非常迷戀韓國文化，為學韓語她甚至將自己的舌頭動手術拉長。

?????? 這位叫做里安農?布魯克斯班克-瓊斯的19歲女孩計劃在大學里學習韓語并一直夢想著能在韓國生活。但當她上韓語課時，她發現自己某些音發音有困難，因為她的舌頭比正常人稍短。

?????? 她父母同意她去做舌系帶切除術。這是一個15分鐘的手術，即在麻醉的狀態下切除一部分舌系帶。里安農承認手術最初有點疼，但她的舌頭術后確實長了1厘米，她也能清晰地發出以前無法發出的音節。

(China.org.cn August 17, 2011)