Pronunciation 101 With Forked Tongue

SEOUL
(Reuters) – Chop about half an inch or so off your tongue and become
a fluent English speaker.
 

That is the hope that recently drove one mother to take her six-year-old
son for surgery aimed at ridding him of his Korean accent when speaking
the language of choice in global business.

It takes about five minutes to complete the operation, called
a frenotomy, which slices about half an inch off the frenulum to make the
tongue more flexible.

Who knew? Here I’ve been knocking myself out all these long years
trying to teach Korean, and Japanese, and Thai, and Brazilian kids
to speak
the Queen’s English correctly, when all I really needed was an Exacto
knife and some tongue tourniquets to staunch the bleeding. Well,
its not too late to add this technique to my repetoire. Step into my
office, Young Ju, and stick out your tongue….

from Reuters