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.（点击英国《每日电讯报》查看原文）

女孩为学韩语拉长舌头

       据英国《每日电讯报》报道，一位英国学生非常迷恋韩国文化，为学韩语她甚至将自己的舌头动手术拉长。

       这位叫做里安农•布鲁克斯班克-琼斯的19岁女孩计划在大学里学习韩语并一直梦想着能在韩国生活。但当她上韩语课时，她发现自己某些音发音有困难，因为她的舌头比正常人稍短。

       她父母同意她去做舌系带切除术。这是一个15分钟的手术，即在麻醉的状态下切除一部分舌系带。里安农承认手术最初有点疼，但她的舌头术后确实长了1厘米，她也能清晰地发出以前无法发出的音节。

(China.org.cn August 17, 2011)