– why does the tongue rest at the roof of the mouth?

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Logically, it seems the tongue would fall to the lower jaw and rest there. Maybe it’s just me but my tongue is almost always at rest stuck to the roof of my mouth.

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If you think about it, the tongue has less room in the lower jaw because it’s attached there. The fact that it can stick out past your lips means it’s in a sense too big for your mouth. Resting at the back of the top teeth is more relaxed and less cramped because it does so along a hypotenuse, so to speak

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