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Stroke gives woman British accent WTF? This might explain Tina Turner's accent. (They sure don't talk like that in Nutbush, TN.)
Stroke gives woman British accent An American woman has been left with a British accent after having a stroke. This is despite the fact that Tiffany Roberts, 61, has never been to Britain. Her accent is a mixture of English cockney and West Country. Doctors say Mrs Roberts, who was born and bred in Indiana, has a condition called foreign accent syndrome. This rare condition occurs when part of the brain becomes damaged. This can follow a stroke or head injury. There have only been a few documented cases. British accent Mrs Roberts discovered she had a British accent after recovering her voice following a stroke in 1999. "When people first started asking me where in England I was from and a family member asked why am I talking that way, that is when I became very conscious that a part of me had died during the stroke," she said. A part of me had died during the stroke Tiffany Roberts watch news report Four years on, she still struggles to convince people that she is a born and bred American. "People in America accuse me of lying when I say I was born in Indiana. "They would say 'What are you saying that for? Where in England are you from?' "I would insist that I am not." A tape recording of her voice before the stroke shows Mrs Roberts used to speak with a broad and relatively deep accent. She now speaks in a much higher pitch. Doctors are still trying to find out exactly why foreign accent syndrome occurs. But Dr Jack Ryalls of the University of Central Florida, said it is a real medical condition, which can occur after a patient has a brain injury. "They recover to various degrees. When they don't recover or when they only have very, very residual effects left its heard as an accent. Its a real phenomenon. It just hasn't been documented very often." Scientists at Oxford University are among those trying to get to the bottom of the syndrome. Last year, they confirmed that patients can develop a foreign accent without ever having been exposed to the accent. This is because they haven't really picked up the accent. Their speech patterns have changed. Injury to their brain causes them to lengthen syllables, alter their pitch or mispronounce sounds. These changes make it sound like they have picked up an accent. They may lengthen syllables. The first case of foreign accent syndrome was reported in 1941 in Norway, after a young Norwegian woman suffered shrapnel injury to the brain during an air raid. Initially, she had severe language problems from which she eventually recovered. However, she was left with what sounded like a strong German accent and was ostracized by her community. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/...235934.stm Published: 2003/11/25 10:38:05 GMT © BBC MMIII | |
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This explains so much about Lleena.
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I saw this on the news this afternoon.
They said that only 20 people on the planet "suffer" from this affliction. WHAT IF THERE IS NO TOMORROW? THERE WASN'T ONE TODAY! | |
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The flip side of this is when British singer sing with an "American" accent. Why/how is that??? I've always wondered about this. | |
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I've heard about this. She actually lives in the same area of Florida as me. I'm not surprised 
Really I think it's quite possible to be true. She's probably heard people with English accents all her life on TV and movies. For some reason something in her brain triggered that in her subconscious mind. I can picture it. | |
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Tina Turner has lived in Europe for some time, makes sense she would pick up some accent. Some people get them sooner than others too. | |
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UptownDeb said: The flip side of this is when British singer sing with an "American" accent. Why/how is that??? I've always wondered about this.
I read an article where the band 5ive explained this years ago..I was 14 ok?!! 
They said something like it had to do with learning to sing practicing along with American singers, so they learn that pronounciation, plus the songs they do as singers are often written by Americans who don't take into account the staccato nature of British words. And also to get a nice sound in singing you often have to open your mouth more, and belt things out to some degree, which would be in contrast to the general diction in traditional English.  | |
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I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna  stroke victim??  | |
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AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim??  "I'm here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum"
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AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? She lives in England! For heaven's sake Artists are probably more prone than others to pick up atmospheric influences like accents of those around them. I would imagine | |
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Madonna had a stroke?!?!? | |
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I'm getting out of this thread. Sorry Deb [that I took over]  [This message was edited Tue Nov 25 10:55:00 PST 2003 by conch5184] | |
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No problem, conch!
btw, this reminds me... Mel Gibson was born in New York, right? | |
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AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? I wondered the same about Tina Turner. | |
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conch5184 said: AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? She lives in England! For heaven's sake Artists are probably more prone than others to pick up atmospheric influences like accents of those around them. I would imagine Except that Madonna started using that accent before she moved there (around the time of "Evita" is when I started to notice it)! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Maddy, but I've always been kind of amused by her "accent". 
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JediMaster said: conch5184 said: AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? She lives in England! For heaven's sake Artists are probably more prone than others to pick up atmospheric influences like accents of those around them. I would imagine Except that Madonna started using that accent before she moved there (around the time of "Evita" is when I started to notice it)! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Maddy, but I've always been kind of amused by her "accent". actually, if you listen to old interviews, even from back in 1984, she's always sounded like that at times... | |
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AaronUniversal said: JediMaster said: conch5184 said: AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? She lives in England! For heaven's sake Artists are probably more prone than others to pick up atmospheric influences like accents of those around them. I would imagine Except that Madonna started using that accent before she moved there (around the time of "Evita" is when I started to notice it)! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Maddy, but I've always been kind of amused by her "accent". actually, if you listen to old interviews, even from back in 1984, she's always sounded like that at times... Maybe she had an hour long layover at Heathrow, and she just couldn't shake the accent? 
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JediMaster said: conch5184 said: AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? She lives in England! For heaven's sake Artists are probably more prone than others to pick up atmospheric influences like accents of those around them. I would imagine Except that Madonna started using that accent before she moved there (around the time of "Evita" is when I started to notice it)! Don't get me wrong, I LOVE Maddy, but I've always been kind of amused by her "accent". No shit...she's from Detroit and NO one speaks like that around here... | |
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I sometimes get a hint of an Eastern/New England accent on certain words. My dad was from New Hampshire and I think I picked it up from him.
It's only on certain words like "bear" or "Mom." ...maybe all those Jerky Boys CDs really DID warp me. | |
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I speak with a British accent sometimes when I stroke.   Proud member of Prince's cult for 20 years! | |
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AaronUniversal said: I saw this story on CNN, though it had been floating around various news services for the last week or two.
I wonder if this is what happened to Madonna stroke victim?? | |
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By golly gosh I just had a curry now I've got this Indian accent.
Note: its much funnier if you read the above with a fake Indian accent . [This message was edited Tue Nov 25 14:29:38 PST 2003 by bkw] When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading. | |
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bkw said: Note: its much funnier if you read the above with a fake Indian accent correct | |
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UptownDeb said: WTF? This might explain Tina Turner's accent. (They sure don't talk like that in Nutbush, TN.)
Stroke gives woman British accent An American woman has been left with a British accent after having a stroke. This is despite the fact that Tiffany Roberts, 61, has never been to Britain. Her accent is a mixture of English cockney and West Country. Doctors say Mrs Roberts, who was born and bred in Indiana, has a condition called foreign accent syndrome. This rare condition occurs when part of the brain becomes damaged. This can follow a stroke or head injury. There have only been a few documented cases. British accent Mrs Roberts discovered she had a British accent after recovering her voice following a stroke in 1999. "When people first started asking me where in England I was from and a family member asked why am I talking that way, that is when I became very conscious that a part of me had died during the stroke," she said. A part of me had died during the stroke Tiffany Roberts watch news report Four years on, she still struggles to convince people that she is a born and bred American. "People in America accuse me of lying when I say I was born in Indiana. "They would say 'What are you saying that for? Where in England are you from?' "I would insist that I am not." A tape recording of her voice before the stroke shows Mrs Roberts used to speak with a broad and relatively deep accent. She now speaks in a much higher pitch. Doctors are still trying to find out exactly why foreign accent syndrome occurs. But Dr Jack Ryalls of the University of Central Florida, said it is a real medical condition, which can occur after a patient has a brain injury. "They recover to various degrees. When they don't recover or when they only have very, very residual effects left its heard as an accent. Its a real phenomenon. It just hasn't been documented very often." Scientists at Oxford University are among those trying to get to the bottom of the syndrome. Last year, they confirmed that patients can develop a foreign accent without ever having been exposed to the accent. This is because they haven't really picked up the accent. Their speech patterns have changed. Injury to their brain causes them to lengthen syllables, alter their pitch or mispronounce sounds. These changes make it sound like they have picked up an accent. They may lengthen syllables. The first case of foreign accent syndrome was reported in 1941 in Norway, after a young Norwegian woman suffered shrapnel injury to the brain during an air raid. Initially, she had severe language problems from which she eventually recovered. However, she was left with what sounded like a strong German accent and was ostracized by her community. Story from BBC NEWS: http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/...235934.stm Published: 2003/11/25 10:38:05 GMT © BBC MMIII OH NO  I have a mixed accent...and i've been in Australia all my life...im serious!!! No wonder i'm so out of it!!! Heheheh 
At most times i get mistaken for French or South American...and then there a whole list of others too.  [This message was edited Tue Nov 25 14:44:54 PST 2003 by lilmissmissy] No hablo espanol,no! 
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien...
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| I saw this on my local news in Baltimore yesterday morning and even they were laughing. [This message was edited Wed Nov 26 10:27:42 PST 2003 by SweetKreme] | |
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