Re: Totally off-topic but totally interesting

On Sat, 29 Nov 2003 00:16:56 +1100, "Rarin Horse"
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>"Neil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/3235934.stm
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>> Stroke gives woman British accent
>>
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>> 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. [snip]
>
>Yes, wasn't that fascinating? My take on it is that the brain stores up 'accent
>programs' which it can switch on or off. As for the 'expert' who said that she
>didn't pick up the accent, she just changed the way she talks, I believe he has
>got it wrong. I believe an accent is to the mouth as a posture is to the body.
>An accent is a characteristic way of holding the mouth and vocal parts. The mind
>apparently 'records' the postures characteristic of different accents. People
>who can easily change accents consciously run the program to change the posture
>of their vocal parts. Summart lark thart.

But did you listen to her accent on the video clip?  It wasn't like
any accent that I've ever heard.  Single words sounded cockney and
bits sounded American.  If it was an accent program being played, it
was very buggy.

Ann