you think we can TALK without TOUNGUE?
By ranelyn
@ranelyn (30)
9 responses
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
29 Apr 11
Hi. ranelyn. Welcome to myLot! I saw a movie called "Midnight Meat Train". Their was a demon that pulled the man's tongue out of his mouth. This man was unable to talk again after this. So from this, I know that it is impossible to ever talk without our tongues.
@ParaTed2k (22940)
• Sheboygan, Wisconsin
12 Jan 11
"Talk" no, but we would have other means of communication.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
12 Jan 11
God has designed every organs in our body for specific purpose. Our tastebuds are centered in our tongues and it helps us in our speech. Try taking away the tongues, we will be reduced to a mute person. No words can be comprehensible without a tongue.
@babytaffster (2232)
• Chatsworth, California
12 Jan 11
Yes it's possible. We make sounds with our larynx.
@jwfarrimond (4473)
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12 Jan 11
No it's not possible. It's the tongue that allows you to actually form the words. Without it, all you could manage to do would be to grunt!
@LCplHitman (210)
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12 Jan 11
Without our tongues, it would be extremely difficult to speak coherently. Being such a flexible muscle, your tongue is able to assume different shapes. These shapes change the flow of air when you speak, allowing different sounds to be propagated by your vocal cords.
I found out how hard it is to speak when I had anesthetic in my gums which also numbed my tongue. My speech was slurred and I ended up being the butt of many jokes. It was if I was heavily drunk.