LilLebowskiAchiever t1_j6a9xod wrote
Reply to comment by Saesama 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
Boston accent is based on the original counties in Ireland where the potato famine was worst and the most people fled. They happened to drop their R’s…..and 120 years JFK became president, speaking with the evolution of that accent.
But now when I listen to the Swedish Chef on the Muppets, I have to wonder if it all started with a Viking who survived a stroke….
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