I have a tongue tie. It's not all that noticeable in my native language, but I've always tripped over some words and sentences in English because the sounds don't play well with it
I've been studying Japanese for a while now, but I've noticed I'm still really struggling with the speaking elements due to the speech impediment caused by my tongue tie. "U" and "a" sounds are my biggest problem sounds, and it's much worse if there's a word with two or more of these sounds back-to-back. I feel like I can't say these words naturally as I'm either having to slow down and really think about getting them out, which can alter the inflection, or I trip over them and they come out incredibly wrong (if they come out at all)
Having my tongue tie fixed has never really been a priority of mine because I have health issues that cause the unfortunate combination of my blood not clotting properly and my body not reacting well to anaesthetic. So any procedure I have done is absolutely essential (to be worth the risks) and wanting to potentially speak Japanese more clearly obviously m isn't worth it medically
But statistically there's no way I'm the only learner/speaker with a speech impediment. I was wondering if anyone else on this sub has had similar experiences, and what they did if they were able to work around them
Tyia!
by Significant_Fall2451