- The Bottom Line: An Australian woman who went under general anesthetic to have her tonsils removed woke up speaking with an Irish accent, despite having never been to Ireland.
- The woman is understandably upset that her Australian accent, which she says she’s had for 20 years, is gone.
- Doctors have told Angie Mcyen she has Foreign Accent Syndrome, caused when a patient has a brain injury or surgery; there are only around 100 documented cases of the syndrome since it was discovered in 1907.
- Source: LadBible