Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25361971-20150128004028/@comment-24936039-20150204013942

Eskaver wrote: Gusey1397 wrote: Since Smee was turned back into a human after second curse, does that mean Keith will have his tongue back? Maybe he gave Keith back his tongue after beating him, or kept it in a jar (kidding, since he'd probably die) People can live without a tongue... it'd make speaking nearly impossible (be essentially a mute) and eating/drinking more difficult. People (usually smokers and sometimes alcohol ) get tonged cancer (more commonly referred as oral cancers) sometimes need to have the tongues removed. http://ent.about.com/od/entdisorderssu/f/What-Is-Tongue-Cancer.htm

Also, as a punishment, people have gotten their tongues cut out as well and still lived to 'tell' about it.