Tongue-tied: unable to speak because
of awe, shyness or embarrassment, unable to move the tongue freely because of
tongue-tie
I’ve been tongue-tied lots in my
life. I was very shy when I was younger, especially after my family moved to
IL. My classmates thought that my southern accent was something to be made fun
of so I just kept my mouth shut most of the time. Now I just don’t care – and I
rather like the southern accent!
I had to look up tongue-tie to make
sense of the last definition: tongue-tie
– to make somebody unable to speak, the inability to move the tongue with the
normal amount of freedom because the small membrane (frenulum) that attaches
the tongue to the floor of the mouth is unusually short.
The history of words is fascinating.
ReplyDeleteIf I had a pound for every occasion I've been tongue-tied! It's never nice.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had it tough :( I'm glad you speak freely with no hesitation or regret. That's wonderful.
Thanks for this post and good luck with the rest of the challenge :)