Foreign Accent Syndrome

[Kim & Rima McKinzey]

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>Poster:       Grant Barrett <gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG>
>Subject:      Re: Foreign Accent Syndrome
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>A supposed example of Foreign Accent Syndrome:
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>http://www.news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=2222004
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>"An American woman told how how she suddenly developed a British accent
>after suffering a stroke.
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>"When Tiffany Roberts, 57, recovered from the stroke she found she had
>an accent placed somewhere between East London and the West Country.
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>"Even the pitch of her voice changed, becoming much higher than the
>deep Indiana drawl she once had."

This was actually on the news last night.  To my ears, she did NOT
have a British accent.  There were a few words here and there that
might be interpreted as vaguely British in vowel quality, but that
was about it.

Rima