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Friday, October 31, 2008
Foreign Accent Syndrome
The Log has long talked about cases of Foreign Accent Syndrome, and noted key literature on the subject. Here's another case, of a woman from Port Angeles, Washington. (That direct video link works for me, but here's a link to the Seattle Times article.) The accents are reported to vary between German, Russian, French, Swedish. The woman says about her condition:
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accents,
Language in the media
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Perhaps it's just me, but the second link didn't work. Is this the story?
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2008315220_foreign27.html
Here you go:
http://tiny.cc/foreign
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