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Foreign accent syndrome is a rare psychiatric disorder that, in its milder form, causes people it affects to pronounce words in a foreign accent. The disorder usually follows a brain injury caused by non-perforating head trauma, as perforating head trauma is much too gory for a proper mental illness. In extreme cases, victims of FAS can actually acquire knowledge of the foreign language associated with their new accent, slang terms and humorous exaggerated versions of national stereotypes included. A victim who develops a Lithuanian accent might acquire the Lithuanian language, tell other people to "Laizhyk asilo shikna", piss on bottles of Švyturys Ekstra, and date his sister.
As of the present, there is no known cure or treatment for FAS, and scientists have yet to completely unravel how the disorder works. People afflicted with the disorder are usually shunned within their community and turned into social pariahs. Fortunately, there are government sponsored programs that let victims of FAS assimilate in foreign countries where their accents are accepted. (Full article...)
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- ... that the phrase "¡Ay Chihuahua!" can be used to mean both "no, I don't have any bathtub cheese" and "yes, I have a great deal of bathtub cheese"?
- ... that 69% percent of statistics contain sexual innuendo?
- ... that women are more likely to have a vagina than men?
- ... that the national pastime of Palestine is Stone the Israeli Tank?
- ... that no true Scotsman sugars his porridge, while every true Irishman does?
- ... that a camel's boobies are on its back?
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- ... that en passant is actually French for "inventing new rules as you go along?"
- ... that the phrase "¡Ay Chihuahua!" can be used to mean both "no, I don't have any bathtub cheese" and "yes, I have a great deal of bathtub cheese"?
- ... that 69% percent of statistics contain sexual innuendo?
- ... that women are more likely to have a vagina than men?
- ... that the national pastime of Palestine is Stone the Israeli Tank?
- ... that no true Scotsman sugars his porridge, while every true Irishman does?
- ... that a camel's boobies are on its back?
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- ... that en passant is actually French for "inventing new rules as you go along?"
- ... that the phrase "¡Ay Chihuahua!" can be used to mean both "no, I don't have any bathtub cheese" and "yes, I have a great deal of bathtub cheese"?
- ... that 69% percent of statistics contain sexual innuendo?
- ... that women are more likely to have a vagina than men?
- ... that the national pastime of Palestine is Stone the Israeli Tank?
- ... that no true Scotsman sugars his porridge, while every true Irishman does?
- ... that a camel's boobies are on its back?
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