{"id":1244,"date":"2013-09-13T13:29:38","date_gmt":"2013-09-13T13:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2013-09-16T10:51:01","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T10:51:01","slug":"woman-wakes-up-from-coma-speaking-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/woman-wakes-up-from-coma-speaking-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Wakes Up From Coma Speaking Chinese!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"I_Love_Your_Accent\"<\/a>Yes, it sounds like a heading from The Sun, but in fact there are documented cases of it around the world; it even has a name \u2013 Xenoglossy.<\/p>\n

The term derives from the words xenos<\/em> for \u2018foreigners\u2019 and glossy<\/em> for\u2019 language\u2019, and it may all be Greek to us, but there are written accounts of people suddenly being able to speak in a foreign tongue dating back from the scriptures to more modern times. The earliest account appears in The New Testament where the alleged phenomenon manifested itself in the subject\u2019s ability to speak tongues \u2013 still popular in some areas of the world, particularly on Reality TV!<\/p>\n

More recent examples include an American woman named Dolores Jay who turned into a German teenager \u2013 language, back story and pimples (not really) \u2013 while under hypnosis. Another American, another woman, and another case of hypnosis saw a Mrs Jensen present as a Swedish farmer \u2013 plaid and all! Probably the most famous case was that of a young girl called Rosemary from Blackpool who starting speaking an ancient Egyptian dialect \u2013 and although this sounds more like a scene from Rosemary\u2019s Baby, this is the most documented case of Xenoglossy.<\/p>\n

These cases are embraced by reincarnation believers, but are disputed by most scientists and sceptics as there has never been enough evidence to prove these claims categorically, however, \u2018foreign accent syndrome\u2019 is a recognised neurological condition in the world of medicine. Sufferers of foreign accent syndrome have usually experienced a brain trauma or even a severe migraine, from which they awake to find they are quite literally tongue tied and speaking with an unusual accent. Doctors attribute this to damage to the area of the brain responsible for linguistic ability.<\/p>\n

\"British<\/a>There are many cases of this occurring, including Sarah Colwill from Devon, who suffered from frequent migraines \u2013 in 2009, she had one so extreme that when she came to in the hospital she had what appeared to be a Chinese accent. Another popular case is of Judi Roberts, from Indiana, USA. Following a stroke at the age of 57, Roberts woke with a semblance of an English accent, despite never being to the country, and the accent being somewhat farcical. But the most famous case was when pop star George Michael claimed to have awoken from a three week long coma with a West Country accent \u2013 despite his North London roots. By George, we think you\u2019ve been enjoying the good life a bit too much!<\/p>\n

Accents are a subjective thing, some you love, some you loath \u2013 if you suddenly woke up with \u2018foreign language syndrome\u2019 which would your preferred accent be?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Yes, it sounds like a heading from The Sun, but in fact there are documented cases of it around the world; it even has a name \u2013 Xenoglossy. The term derives from the words xenos for \u2018foreigners\u2019 and glossy for\u2019 language\u2019, and it may all be Greek to us, but there are written accounts of(\u2026)<\/p>\n

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