perhaps madonna had a stroke?

“….for the victims of Foreign Accent Syndrome, which can set in after strokes or other brain trauma. Without warning, they’ll start speaking their native tongue with a different accent, which could sound anything from Swedish to South African. Victims need never have heard the accent in question, according to Oxford University researchers Dr Jennifer Gurd and Dr John Coleman, who believe it arises from damage to areas of the brain responsible for language production, altering pitch, pronunciation and speech patterns. So people with the syndrome aren’t putting on a foreign accent, it just sounds that way.”

it could happen. people are afflicted with all kinds of strange things. i’m counting my blessings that all i have to deal with is this extra tongue now. i found this article wildly fascinating: Strange Afflictions

 

3 Responses to maybe she’s not just stupid

  1. Anji says:

    They all sound like fun to me. I have a foreign accent, I didn’t realise it was because I had had a stroke, I thought is was because I was foreign.

  2. Kimberley says:

    see anji? i’m here for you. always here to provide you with educational bloggramming.

    ha! bloggramming. i just made that up. i should so trademark that and make a cool million. i’ll share it with you, of course. my french-speaking muse!

  3. Anji says:

    I’m honored

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