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#1 2010-08-05 21:14:21

David Bird
Eggcornista
From: The Hammer, Ontario
Registered: 2009-07-28
Posts: 1710

"tongue tight" for tongue-tied

Rare, and mostly East Asian, where I’m guessing that “tied” is pronounced something like “tight”.

Car forum in Singapore
Always get a bit tongue-tight when asked this question.

Chinese exchange student
i was a bit tongue tight and didn’t really know what to say.

Chinese fan fic
ROGER: ”... I…I…” (A bit tongue tight)

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