Thursday, July 03, 2008

From Today's WTF? Files

I am a big fan of all things psych/neuro, particularly any of Oliver Sacks' novels regarding the peculiarities of syndromes caused by neurological damage. So, when I read the following in the news today, I just had to read on.

"Ontario woman gains East Coast accent following stroke"

"...Her new accent went unnoticed for some time by medical professionals, who thought she was from out east. Even Dore didn't realize her accent had changed."

One must wonder if at any point she cried out, "Jesus George [jarge], where's me fackin' smokes!?", said a prayer to Alexander Keiths, and immediately quit her job and went on pogey, to further pinpoint the diagnosis.

*Disclaimer: I am from the east coast and as such, it is entirely
within my rights to poke fun at my own heritage.

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