英國一名19歲的女生因癡迷韓國文化而苦學韓語，但是因為舌頭比一般人短，致使她韓語發音一直不能很地道，為此，她特意通過外科手術將舌頭拉長。據悉，這名女生兩年前通過同學接觸韓國流行文化和電視節目后開始癡迷，苦學兩年韓語后已經達到了很高的水平，但是因為舌頭天生偏短，她一直不能很好的發出韓語里的L這個音。咨詢過語言導師并征得父母同意后，她進行了舌系帶切開術，舌頭長度由此增加了1厘米，原來不可能發出來的音，現在都能發得很好。目前，她正在等待A-level考試（類似于國內高考）成績，希望能進入謝菲爾德大學學習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.
