extremisveritas t1_j677tga wrote on January 28, 2023 at 5:11 AM 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 I know a relative of my mine who spent 2 months in United States, came back and started speaking with an accent. Now it makes sense, he must’ve had head trauma incident while he was there! This happens a lot from what I’ve seen. Permalink 1
extremisveritas t1_j677tga 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
I know a relative of my mine who spent 2 months in United States, came back and started speaking with an accent. Now it makes sense, he must’ve had head trauma incident while he was there! This happens a lot from what I’ve seen.