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Croatian coma girl wakes up speaking German
Nine News ^ | April 14, 2010 | Ninemsn staff

Posted on 04/14/2010 12:25:16 AM PDT by myknowledge

A Croatian girl has woken from a coma unable to speak her native language — instead talking in fluent German.

The 13-year-old girl, who lost consciousness for 24 hours two weeks ago, has doctors baffled by her bizarre condition.

She had been studying German at school and watching German television shows, but her parents maintain she was previously unable to freely communicate in the language.

"You never know when recovering from such a trauma how the brain will react," the UK Telegraph quoted KB Hospital director Dujomir Marasovic as saying.

"Obviously we have some theories although at the moment we are limited in what we can say because we have to respect the privacy of the patient."

Various experts have examined the teenager, from the southern Croatian town of Knin, but all have failed to make a diagnosis.

She was initially admitted to hospital for blood poisoning, Croatian media reports.

Tests are continuing.


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: awokenfromcoma; croatia; germanspeaker
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Whoa. Can you imagine waking up from a coma and speaking a foreign language in front of your family?

For example, what if you woke up from a coma with your spouse by your bedside and spoke "בוקר טוב, בן הזוג שלי. מה השעה?" (Hebrew: Good morning, my spouse. What time is it?), how would he / she react?

Note: Hebrew is read from right through to left.

1 posted on 04/14/2010 12:25:16 AM PDT by myknowledge
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To: myknowledge

How did you do that? The font?


2 posted on 04/14/2010 12:30:48 AM PDT by spetznaz (Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
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To: myknowledge

LOL, incarnation?


3 posted on 04/14/2010 12:37:39 AM PDT by James C. Bennett
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To: myknowledge

Praise be to our Lord for her healing!


4 posted on 04/14/2010 12:38:14 AM PDT by skr (May God confound the enemy)
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To: spetznaz
Nazi Pictures, Images and Photos
5 posted on 04/14/2010 12:38:28 AM PDT by chicken head
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To: spetznaz

The Hebrew text I copy-and-pasted from Google Translate automatically formatted.


6 posted on 04/14/2010 12:39:27 AM PDT by myknowledge (B.H. Obama's just a frontman. A frontman for who? The globalist elite, stupid!)
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To: myknowledge

Same thing happened to me the morning after the 2008 presidential election.


7 posted on 04/14/2010 12:55:17 AM PDT by chemicalman (Everyone is investing in gold. I'm investing in lead.)
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imagine if she had been at the klingon language camp.


8 posted on 04/14/2010 12:58:46 AM PDT by isom35
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To: myknowledge

This post goes a long way towards proving our superiority over those moronic and gullible libtards.


9 posted on 04/14/2010 1:03:15 AM PDT by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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In 10 years working in hospital, I still remember some patients...one man in his late 40's had a stroke and couldn't speak, all he could do was swear..this embarrassed his children and wife...I took the time to explain to them much depends on where the stroke affected the brain....I helped him walk out to the hall and sit for a while with him explaining his situation...I'd give him a Popsicle we kept on the floor for clear liquid diets...when we took the time for him to gather his thoughts (a slow process) he could communicate without swearing and was happy as white on rice to do it....

Its like people that stutter can sing without that problem...(cannot think of the name of the C & W singer that has that problem...we know next to nothing about the brain and its wiring for many..it has also been my experience that prayer is also affected by some stokes..

Stereotype's about stroke patients are not correct for all, but are correct for some...same goes for brain surgery..

11 posted on 04/14/2010 1:25:01 AM PDT by goat granny
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Its like people that stutter can sing without that problem...(

Same goes for singing languages. My daughter, a classically trained soprano, can sing in6-10 different languages, but she can't speak a one of them. If you are a fan of the Scottish singer, Susan Boyle, who was such a smash hit when she came close to winning Britain's ot Talent, listen to her debut album closely. You will hear her sing in perfect English, although she speaks with a heavy brogue normally. Not only that, her diction when singing mimics the singer who originally introduced the song whether it be Madonna, Julie London, or someone else. It's uncanny. For those unfamiliar with Susan Boyle's history, she was oxygen deprived at birth. She has an amazing talent.

12 posted on 04/14/2010 2:14:12 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: afraidfortherepublic

“Little Voice” Jane Horrocks


13 posted on 04/14/2010 4:01:53 AM PDT by katana (Ridicule is to Liberals what sunlight is to Vampires)
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To: myknowledge

Paging Noam Chomsky...


14 posted on 04/14/2010 4:21:26 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: goat granny

Mel Tillis.


15 posted on 04/14/2010 4:22:33 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: chemicalman
Same thing happened to me the morning after the 2008 presidential election.

Well, I wasn't speaking German the following morning even though I know German. It was more like a bunch of 4 letter words.

16 posted on 04/14/2010 4:57:12 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Remember in November. Clean the house on Nov. 2nd.)
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To: afraidfortherepublic

Definitely true. I understand relatively little Japanese, but I’ve picked up a very good ear for it from music and can sing in it with an accent I’ve been told is quite acceptable.


17 posted on 04/14/2010 5:27:05 AM PDT by Fire_on_High (Trijicon, the scope of CRUSADERS!!)
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To: afraidfortherepublic
"...For those unfamiliar with Susan Boyle's history, she was oxygen deprived at birth..."

I am not familiar; is she a little "slow" then?

I read in The Sun how folks mock her and make fun, maybe that explains it.

18 posted on 04/14/2010 6:04:24 AM PDT by I Buried My Guns
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To: I Buried My Guns

Yes. A little unpredictable and slow. Blessed with a magnificent voice and ear for music.


19 posted on 04/14/2010 6:24:50 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: myknowledge

Hmm, same scenario is a current minor plot point on Lost.


20 posted on 04/14/2010 7:35:14 AM PDT by Raymann
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