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And some developers have cleverly made harassment impossible by design, like in the tongueless multiplayer world of Journey.

From The Verge ● Aug. 3, 2017

And weirdly, the tongue-cutting possibility that scares him off the boat in “Stormborn” isn’t only a faithful adaptation of the tongueless crew of Euron Greyjoy’s ship Silence.

From The Verge ● Jul. 30, 2017

“I am famous from the courts of Chang’an to the caliphate of Baghdad for my honesty. They speak of my bargains among the tongueless island tribes—they click about me, like you do, Rasseem.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

The Roman writers who told the story somehow got the sisters confused and said that the tongueless Philomela was the nightingale, which was obviously absurd.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

I had made the first total emotional commitment of my life when I read how the phonetic experts had given these tongueless people a language, newspapers, institutions.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright


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