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SEOUL
\n (Reuters) – Chop about half an inch or so off your tongue and become
\n a fluent English speaker.
\n
\n
\n That is the hope that recently drove one mother to take her six-year-old
\n son for surgery aimed at ridding him of his Korean accent when speaking
\n the language of choice in global business.
\n <\/em>
\n It takes about five minutes to complete the operation, called
\n a frenotomy, which slices about half an inch off the frenulum to make the
\n tongue more flexible.<\/p>\n
\n trying to teach Korean, and Japanese, and Thai, and Brazilian kids
\n to speak
\n the Queen’s English correctly, when all I really needed was an Exacto
\n knife and some tongue tourniquets to staunch the bleeding.<\/em> Well,
\n its not too late to add this technique to my repetoire. Step into my
\n office, Young Ju, and stick out your tongue…<\/em>.<\/p>\n