This blog
post is on the subject I casually heard about around 2 or 3 weeks ago while
listening to morning radio so I decided to do a little research on it since it
involves language.
FAS (Foreign
Accent Syndrome) the first time I ever heard of this condition was years ago
somewhere TV or radio I don’t even remember, and when I heard it the first
thought I had was this has to be a scammer.
I thought
this Foreign Accent Syndrome is just another hoax some goofball wacko who’s
looking for public notoriety or possibly some sort of scam, needless to say I
didn’t believe a word of it.
In my research I did what any good GCC
student would do I used my resources and used GOOGLE to pull up Wikipedia and
to search for any videos and web sites that could provide me with information pertaining
to FAS. Pressed enter and magic
happened.
I came
across a 60 Minutes TV episode when searching for videos which I thought was
pretty good in showing several individuals who have FAS and giving a very good description
and explaining what is really happening.
All humor
aside I also found a great site at the University of Texas in Dallas; this site
has several resources, research, explanations, and auditory examples of other
sufferers of FAS.
Spoiler
alert! It’s only a foreign accent to
the listener.
Here is the link for the 13 minute long 60 Minutes TV presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_HyIyTSZg
also a separate shorter video :
Here is the link for the 13 minute long 60 Minutes TV presentation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AR_HyIyTSZg
also a separate shorter video :
That is very strange. I would have thought it was a joke to if I had just heard about it randomly like you did. That must be kind of awful that from one day to the next you're speaking different and you have no control over it. The brain is a very unpredictable beast.
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