Foreign Accent Syndrome

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Imagine being involved in a nasty car crash, and waking up in hospital to find yourself talking with a foreign-sounding accent.

That is exactly what happened to Tasmanian woman Leanne Rowe, who has been speaking with a "French" accent after suffering a head injury in a crash eight years ago.

Then there is the case of a 13-year-old Australian boy, who developed an "American" accent after being involved in a serious traffic smash.

His baffled parents said his accent persisted for about five months after the crash, before disappearing overnight after the teenager watched Crocodile Dundee.

Both patients are among only about 70 documented people worldwide who suffer from Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare disorder in which the speech area of the brain is slightly damaged.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/life/8809365/Foreign-accent-syndrome-strikes


Steve McLaren and Joey Barton are reported to be amongst the listed sufferers.
 

One of my wife's nephews has aspergers syndrome, and one of the symptoms is that he speaks with an American accent. It is very strange
 
I had never heard of it, thought it was a bit of a joke when I started reading the article, but having looked in a bit more, it's amazing how something like that could occur! Where's the influence? TV and cinema? There's so much more we still have to learn about the brain.
 
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I had never heard of it, thought it was a bit of a joke when I started reading the article, but having looked in a bit more, it's amazing how something like that could occur! Where's the influence? TV and cinema? There's so much more we still have to learn about the brain.
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She's Tasmanian, it's the voice from her second head, I believe in the tragic accident her first head had to be removed and the second previously mute head has now awoken.





*joke obviously

Just can't imagine having a particular personality and then all of a sudden you sound like someone completely different, reckon it would be mind blowing as this lady unfortunately found out.

I know that when I talk to the family in the UK they all think I sound Aussie, but over here everyone picks a UK accent, nothing like suddenly sounding different, just picking up local dialects through constant exposure. Used to work in Bootle when I started sounding scouse I just had to get out :D
 


We have a small call center in our office and the amount of English people who cant' speak English is pretty shocking.

"Can I arks you a question", " I buyed it from the shop", " I brang it in yesterday"

Some of the regular phrases that drive me nuts
 

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