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American woman says she fell asleep with a headache — and woke up with a British accent
Washington Post ^ | Feb. 12, 2018 | Alex Horton

Posted on 02/12/2018 7:41:01 PM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: accent; buckeye; ehlersdanlossyndrome; faithandphilosophy; headache; michellemyers; pastlivestherapy; reincarnation; searchworks; syndrome; texas
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To: Two Kids' Dad
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.

21 posted on 02/12/2018 8:58:43 PM PST by deadrock
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To: Catmom

In Russia, accent causes headache.


22 posted on 02/12/2018 9:07:58 PM PST by seowulf
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To: ConservativeStatement

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.


23 posted on 02/12/2018 9:19:11 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Rurudyne
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?

24 posted on 02/12/2018 9:30:01 PM PST by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: Two Kids' Dad
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. 😂
25 posted on 02/12/2018 9:34:31 PM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: Squantos

lol!


26 posted on 02/12/2018 9:40:15 PM PST by EliRoom8
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To: ConservativeStatement

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?


27 posted on 02/12/2018 9:47:47 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Windflier

Had you watched Crocodile Dundee that week?


28 posted on 02/12/2018 9:48:46 PM PST by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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


29 posted on 02/12/2018 9:53:12 PM PST by Unam Sanctam
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To: ConservativeStatement

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


30 posted on 02/12/2018 9:55:33 PM PST by taxesareforever (Islam is an ideology. It is NOT a religion.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

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


31 posted on 02/12/2018 11:41:56 PM PST by Blue Collar Christian (We Arizonans need to get rid of McCain/Flake as all of us pray for Trump.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

A clear case of Limey Disease.


32 posted on 02/12/2018 11:42:02 PM PST by Defiant (I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Bloooody ‘ell!


33 posted on 02/12/2018 11:59:19 PM PST by FlyFisher
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To: ConservativeStatement
I have a cousin who went to college in 1967 and returned with an slickster accent 4 years later. He still has it.
34 posted on 02/13/2018 3:08:30 AM PST by Dixie Yooper (Ephesians 6:11)
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To: Windflier

I don’t even drink beer.


35 posted on 02/13/2018 7:03:44 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: Secret Agent Man

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


36 posted on 02/13/2018 7:05:24 AM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: adorno

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


37 posted on 02/13/2018 7:09:21 AM PST by AmericanMermaid
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To: moder_ator; Two Kids' Dad

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


38 posted on 02/13/2018 2:09:56 PM PST by deadrock
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Just wondering why my original post was removed that recommended an author who explains and writes about this phenomenon. Thanks


39 posted on 02/13/2018 2:11:55 PM PST by deadrock
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To: moder_ator

test


40 posted on 02/13/2018 2:12:37 PM PST by deadrock
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