Michael:
Note that her prosody is described as "sounding like a British accent" to Americans. This is not the same as using British slang or sounding British to a Briton.
Think of this case as representing one instance of the variations in prosody changes that results from a stroke. This result has a "British" sound, other cases produce different prosody changes.
Ken
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Renner wrote:
OK, I'm mystified by this: ------- UCF clinic diagnoses rare Foreign Accent Syndrome
A University of Central Florida speech expert has diagnosed an extremely rare disorder in a Sarasota woman that caused her to speak with a British accent after she suffered a stroke.
Full Story: http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-11/uocf-ucd111803.php -------------
Other than the obvious and way-too-easy straight line for making Brit-bashing jokes, does anybody offer a credible explanation for how this might be?
Thanks, Michael
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