American woman says she fell asleep with a headache — and woke up with a British accent

Washington Post ^ | Feb. 12, 2018 | Alex Horton

[ConservativeStatement]

Myers says she has been diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome. The disorder typically occurs after strokes or traumatic brain injuries damage the language center of a person's brain — to the degree that their native language sounds like it is tinged with a foreign accent, according to the Center for Communication Disorders at the University of Texas at Dallas.

[Larry Lucido]

Again? She needs an aspirin.

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[ConservativeStatement]

Ugh. And a search was performed.

[Yaelle]

What if you woke up with a really cheesy fake accent? Like Cindy Brady or Daffy Duck?

[Squantos]

A sign of a brain injury is a british accent ? Ok .....believable !

[TaMoDee]

After three visits to pubs in England I woke up with a woman with a British accent the next morning ——— does that count?
No brain damage but had a very nice hangover!

[American in Israel]

Met a lady that had this happen to her after having hands laid on her in a Charismaniac conference. I always thought demonic influence was the cause.

[dangus]

I bloody ‘ite it winn thaht ‘ahppens!

[Catmom]

Whenever I have a headache I still wake up with a New Jersey accent.

[Rurudyne]

Interesting. For about a week in college I suddenly had a thick Australian accent for no apparent reason. Had to concentrate to not use it. So maybe a bit scary too.

[adorno]

That ain’t nothing.

There’s a story going around, about a woman who got up one day, and had a dream that at the end of that day, she would be president of the U.S., but ended up zombie-like and crying and distraught around her neighborhood and backyard. Don’t believe me? She even wrote a book about it. And half the country believes her story too.

[C210N]

She only speaks a little britishy, a minor inconvenience. Could'a been worse... A LOT worse, she could have become Scotish.

[ameribbean expat]

“Not tonight dear, I have a headache.” Next thing you know she thinks she’s the Queen of England.

[Jaxter]

Makes sense. I fell asleep with an English girl once and woke up with a headache.

[Sicon]

She should be thankful she didn’t wake up with British teeth.

[Two Kids' Dad]

Her husband was rightly confused when she expressed a desire to partake of some spotted dick.

[llevrok]

I dated a British woman who always had a headache. But I digress.....

[Two Kids' Dad]

I read The Man Who Mistook His Wife For A Hat back in my teen years and some of those clinical stories were pretty crazy.

"Eyes Right", about a lady in her sixties that suffers from Hemispatial neglect. She completely forgets the idea of "left" relative to her own body and the world around her. When nurses place food or drink on her left side, she fails to recognize that they are there.

Oh, if a certain segment of the population could suddenly forget about the ideas of the "left". LOL

[Phillyred]

Madonna?