woman suffering from rare disease, wakes with a bloody British accent

**Adde** · 02-12-2018, 09:26 PM

Quote:Imagine going to sleep and waking up sounding British.

It's a real thing, and it happened to a Valley woman who has never even left the country.

Three times in the past seven years, Myers has gone to sleep with blinding headaches only to wake up with a different accent.

The first time it was Irish. The second time was Australian. Both incidents lasted about a week. But two years ago she went down with a crippling headache and woke up with the British accent she's had ever since.

"They send in the psychiatrist at the hospital and make sure you're not a loon," said Myers.

According to experts, she's not crazy and not faking it. She's been diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome.

It's an extremely rare condition that usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or other underlying medical issues.

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They never wake up with a Massachusetts accent.

02-12-2018, 09:38 PM

Waking up sounding like JFK seems unlikely.

**Cynicalabsurdance** · 02-12-2018, 10:06 PM

Could be worse , could have woke up like me , with a Pee Boner .

or ,,, Her Cat ,,,

never mind , I ain't going there

**Kreeper** · 02-12-2018, 10:48 PM

That ranks almost as high on the WTF meter as the people who wake up from comas speaking foreign languages and unable to speak their native tongue.

**Strigoi** · 02-13-2018, 01:40 PM

(02-12-2018, 09:26 PM)Adde Wrote: It's an extremely rare condition that usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or other underlying medical issues.

Bollocks, it's not rare in the least, I hate to break the news to you, but there is an island with 67 million people that speak with a British accent.

02-13-2018, 01:55 PM

(02-13-2018, 01:40 PM)Strigoi Wrote:
(02-12-2018, 09:26 PM)Adde Wrote: It's an extremely rare condition that usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or other underlying medical issues.

Bollocks, it's not rare in the least, I hate to break the news to you, but there is an island with 67 million people that speak with a British accent.

**JayRodney** · 02-13-2018, 04:44 PM

(02-13-2018, 01:40 PM)Strigoi Wrote:
(02-12-2018, 09:26 PM)Adde Wrote: It's an extremely rare condition that usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or other underlying medical issues.

Bollocks, it's not rare in the least, I hate to break the news to you, but there is an island with 67 million people that speak with a British accent.

**Octo** · 02-13-2018, 05:09 PM

**Meh** · 02-13-2018, 09:00 PM

(02-13-2018, 01:40 PM)Strigoi Wrote:
(02-12-2018, 09:26 PM)Adde Wrote: It's an extremely rare condition that usually accompanies a stroke, neurological damage or other underlying medical issues.

Bollocks, it's not rare in the least, I hate to break the news to you, but there is an island with 67 million people that speak with a British accent.

**Strigoi** · 02-15-2018, 11:30 AM

They don't wake up with a Romanian accent either.

A Vietnamese accent would be just the thing if you wanted to annoy everyone around you.