Forigen accent syndrome...

SteamWake · 04-20-10, 11:22 AM

Errrr.. what???

Quote:

A British woman has suddenly started speaking with a Chinese accent after suffering a severe migraine, she said in comments quoted by British media Tuesday.

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php...show_article=1

AVGWarhawk · 04-20-10, 11:35 AM

I have heard of this before.

Jimbuna · 04-20-10, 11:51 AM

Ah well....she shouldn't have any problem when she orders her next takeaway

HunterICX · 04-20-10, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

I have heard of this before.

Wasn't it about a foreign guy that suddently after a blow to the head spoke perfect English without a study of it.

HunterICX

AVGWarhawk · 04-20-10, 12:42 PM

Yes, similar cases. One man had brain surgery and upon awaking he had an Irish accent. There are quite a few incidents of this oddity.

GoldenRivet · 04-20-10, 12:44 PM

Yes its a well documented syndrome.

Im not sure of the Psychological or Physiological causes - but i believe the person with certain brain injuries will - quite uncontrollably - speak in the last foreign accent they heard or the accent they have the most exposure to.

Its enough to make you want to watch Sean Connery films constantly - just in case!

Foreign Accent Syndrome - in that case - might get you laid quite frequently

Dowly · 04-20-10, 12:50 PM

Wow, never heard of this.

Boggles the mind, eh?

frau kaleun · 04-20-10, 12:51 PM

Whatever you do, stay from the Inspector Clouseau movies.

Sailor Steve · 04-20-10, 12:54 PM

"Does your minkey have a leesance?"

"Does your dogga baht?"

HunterICX · 04-20-10, 12:54 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Whatever you do, stay from the Inspector Clouseau movies.

eh? vat are you zalking about?

Le HunterICX

Oberon · 04-20-10, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"Does your minkey have a leesance?"

"Does your dogga baht?"

"..zat iz not my dog..."

frau kaleun · 04-20-10, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

"Does your minkey have a leesance?"

"Does your dogga baht?"

OH NOES I was too late!

Guys, we need to find Sailor Steve ASAP and knock him upside the head until this goes away.

EDIT: OMG IT'S AN EPIDEMIC!

Sailor Steve · 04-20-10, 01:03 PM

WHAM!

"Domo Arigato!"

WHAM!

"Danke Schoen!"

WHAM!

"Muchas Gracias!"

WHAM!

"Merci Beaucoups!"

WHAM!

"Thank you...uurk!"

"Okay! We're done!"

frau kaleun · 04-20-10, 01:42 PM

Just be sure to wake me up before you go-go. And not with any careless whispers, either.

AVGWarhawk · 04-20-10, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by frau kaleun

Just be sure to wake me up before you go-go. And not with any careless whispers, either.

Oh my, that was awful....

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I have heard of this before. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Ah well....she shouldn't have any problem when she orders her next takeaway __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Yes, similar cases. One man had brain surgery and upon awaking he had an Irish accent. There are quite a few incidents of this oddity. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Yes its a well documented syndrome. Im not sure of the Psychological or Physiological causes - but i believe the person with certain brain injuries will - quite uncontrollably - speak in the last foreign accent they heard or the accent they have the most exposure to. Its enough to make you want to watch Sean Connery films constantly - just in case! Foreign Accent Syndrome - in that case - might get you laid quite frequently __________________

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Does your minkey have a leesance?" "Does your dogga baht?" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Wow, never heard of this. Boggles the mind, eh?

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Whatever you do, stay from the Inspector Clouseau movies.

04-20-10, 01:03 PM	#13
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	WHAM! "Domo Arigato!" WHAM! "Danke Schoen!" WHAM! "Muchas Gracias!" WHAM! "Merci Beaucoups!" WHAM! "Thank you...uurk!" "Okay! We're done!" __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Just be sure to wake me up before you go-go. And not with any careless whispers, either.