US cancer patient developed 'uncontrollable' Irish accent

[AliceInPain]

I've always found this 'new accent' thing fascinating but I'm not sure I understand the explanation...
My mum is undergoing cancer treatment at the moment and if she started talking with some Jamaica accent or whatever I'd be freaked out

"His accent was uncontrollable, present in all settings and gradually became persistent," the researchers say in their report, adding that it first began 20 months into his treatment.

In 2006, UK woman Linda Walker suffered a stroke and discovered that her Geordie accent had been replaced by a Jamaican-sounding voice.

One of the first reported cases was in 1941 when a young Norwegian woman developed a German accent after being hit by bomb shrapnel during a Second World War air raid. She was shunned by locals who thought she was a Nazi spy.

BBC:
US cancer patient developed 'uncontrollable' Irish accent

 

[ifindedout]

Considerable detail in Wiki's article:

Foreign accent syndrome - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[cuffem]

In my early 20's party days I would speak with a Jamaican accent when I was intoxicated. Thought it was the Captain Morgan.

 

[LadyL]

In my early 20's party days I would speak with a Jamaican accent when I was intoxicated. Thought it was the Captain Morgan.

my husband would turn into Al Pacino