Australian Woman Wakes Up From Tonsil Surgery With Irish Accent

An Australian woman has documented the moment she woke up with an Irish accent - despite never having been to Ireland in her life.

Angie Mcyen started her TikTok account eight days after recovering from tonsil surgery, when she woke up to find her voice had completely changed.

"Yesterday, I woke up with an Irish accent, and I've never been to Ireland before. I spent the whole day yesterday freaking out about why this is happening to me," Angie explained.

"I went to the hospital and I also called my specialist and asked them why this is happening and they couldn't provide any answers. They told me to just sit tight and let the body heal after my tonsil surgery about nine to 10 days ago.

"At this stage, I don't think it's going to get better because this morning I woke up with an Aussie accent and I was so happy.

"I called one of my best friends and I told her that I have my accent back but during that phone call in the space of about five to 10 minutes my accent was deteriorating and it was changing from an Aussie accent to an Irish one which is completely baffling and I've never been to Ireland before, it's totally bizarre.

"I went to the shops to ask for directions for somewhere and the person looked at me like I had a pink front tooth."

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Angie went on to explain she is still waiting to hear back from her specialist to get some answers, but in a later video added that her Irish accent seems to be getting stronger and stronger as the days go by.

Foreign Accent Syndrome happens when a person suddenly begins speaking with a different accent - often after some sort of injury or damage to the brain.

The condition is extremely rare, with only around 100 people having been diagnosed with the syndrome since the very first case in 1907.

Cases include an Australian woman who developed a French accent after a car accident and a woman from Arizona who woke up with a mixture of Australian, British, and Irish accents. She reported that she had had a headache the evening before.

Angie has been documenting her accent every day since it first started, you can follow her journey here.

Topics: Life News, Health, TikTok

Lucy Devine

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