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.

[deadrock]

Or the woman who collapses every time she closes her eyes because of a faulty proprioception.

The wonders of the human brain are still beyond our comprehension.

[seowulf]

In Russia, accent causes headache.

[Windflier]

It’s a real phenomenon. I’ve read of people who suffered a blunt force trauma to the head, and woke up being fluent in a foreign language.

Seems like excellent evidence for past lives, to me.

[Windflier]

For about a week in college I suddenly had a thick Australian accent for no apparent reason.

Fascinating.

Do you feel any sort of special affinity for Australia? Have you ever longed to visit there?

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

Some British immigrants and tourists to Kananaskis Country or Banff National Park, sometime suffer from Rocky Mountain Spotted Dick Fever when their favourite desert is unavailable. 😂

[EliRoom8]

lol!

[Secret Agent Man]

A refined one, or an East Enders type accent? Or more like on the scottish border where its almost impossible to understand what they are saying?

[Secret Agent Man]

Had you watched Crocodile Dundee that week?

[Unam Sanctam]

It could be worse. One could wake up speaking only Telugu or Swahili...

[taxesareforever]

I fell asleep with an accent and woke up with a headache. Do I get a headline?

[Blue Collar Christian]

That happened to Madonna I think, but she was the headache her husband had.

[Defiant]

A clear case of Limey Disease.

[FlyFisher]

Bloooody ‘ell!

[Dixie Yooper]

I have a cousin who went to college in 1967 and returned with an slickster accent 4 years later. He still has it.

[Rurudyne]

I don’t even drink beer.

[Rurudyne]

Nope. Actually I didn’t even see CD till years after it was in theaters.

[AmericanMermaid]

I heard she also roams hiking trails, though for all that hiking, she’s still obese!

[deadrock]

Just wondering why my original post was removed that recommended an author who explains and writes about this phenomenon. Thanks.

[deadrock]

Just wondering why my original post was removed that recommended an author who explains and writes about this phenomenon. Thanks

[deadrock]

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