Saesama

Saesama t1_j69d6v0 wrote

Reply to comment by LilLebowskiAchiever in TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety

I am now imagining a viking with a stroke that ended up with an accent none of his people understood, but we today would recognize as being from Boston.

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Saesama t1_j68u5pi wrote

Reply to TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety

A local firefighter who does first aid training has this. Spent his whole life in WA and CO, has a strongly Nordic accent after his stroke. Fantastic guy, brings it up first thing in training so the day doesn't get derailed.

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