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Head Injury Induces Foreign Accent Syndrome
An anonymous reader writes "Researchers have identified a rare disorder in which people, usually who have suffered a brain injury, find themselves speaking with a foreign accent. As reported by Science Blog, a Florida woman found herself speaking with a British accident after a stroke left her partially paralyzed. Fewer than 20 cases have been reported since 1919."
Oh, so many jokes...which to choose from...
And which foreign people to insult?
Good day, old sport! Mind if I play through your auto accident? Don't mind the tea on your bonnet; I've invited me mum to watch.
Condemnant quod non intellegunt.
"I had a stroke and all I got was this bloody accent"
I played lots of American football when I was younger. That must be why I am 'fluent in prick' as my boss likes to say.
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What a politically incorrect premise:
;-)
Woman Suffers Brain Injury, Now Speaks With British Accent
But who are we to argue with science?
Use Ctrl-C instead of ESC in Vim!
It just seems like an example of phrenology at work. Now maybe those naysayers, who have cast dispersions at this science, will see the error of their ways.
I wonder if Madonna had this, when she married her British husband and all of a sudden thought she was English as well.
-Vic
Heya moe... why you no talka wit-a you accent-a no more? And now we know; it's because of a whack to the head. Mamma Mia!
By "had a stroke" you mean of course "invaded by the Normans." ;)
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
The parents are british, so it probably washed downstream.
She-a cuoold hefe-a heet her heed und be-a telkeeng veet a svedeesh eccent. Bork bork bork!
Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage
She was FLIRTING with you, you moroon.
Cole's Law: Thinly sliced cabbage
I think that all british - derived peoples of the world are actually born with the default british accent and as they grow up they pick up the local accent. When she banged her head she defaulted back to british. It won't be long, maybe a few reboots before her prefs go back American.