英國一名19歲的女生因癡迷韓國文化而苦學(xué)韓語，但是因為舌頭比一般人短，致使她韓語發(fā)音一直不能很地道，為此，她特意通過外科手術(shù)將舌頭拉長。據(jù)悉，這名女生兩年前通過同學(xué)接觸韓國流行文化和電視節(jié)目后開始癡迷，苦學(xué)兩年韓語后已經(jīng)達(dá)到了很高的水平，但是因為舌頭天生偏短，她一直不能很好的發(fā)出韓語里的L這個音。咨詢過語言導(dǎo)師并征得父母同意后，她進(jìn)行了舌系帶切開術(shù)，舌頭長度由此增加了1厘米，原來不可能發(fā)出來的音，現(xiàn)在都能發(fā)得很好。目前，她正在等待A-level考試（類似于國內(nèi)高考）成績，希望能進(jìn)入謝菲爾德大學(xué)學(xué)習(xí)韓國研究與工商管理課程，因為這個課程有一年是要去韓國首都首爾的一所大學(xué)完成的。

Student Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones dreams of living and working in South Korea once she finishes university, even though she has never visited the country.

Student Rhiannon Brooksbank-Jones dreams of living and working in South Korea once she finishes university, even though she has never visited the country.

But while taking language lessons, the 19-year-old found that she couldn't pronounce certain crucial sounds in the Korean alphabet.

Her dentist suggested it may be because she was born with a slightly shorter than average tongue, caused by having an unusually thick lingual frenulum - the flap of skin that joins the underside of the tongue to the floor of the mouth.