Board Thread:Spoilers!/@comment-25361971-20150128004028/@comment-25926288-20150204015421

Andrew.scott.503 wrote: 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. Well, Rumple might have gave it back after Lacey became Belle, or he's still tongueless. Probablt, reversed after the Curse was reversed, (to have Whale to still have his arm though Rumple died.)