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Selects: How Foreign Accent Syndrome Works

Update: 2025-01-189
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Foreign accent syndrome isn't when your mom talks funny when she goes abroad. It's an actual condition where people wake up one day with an entirely different accent, usually from some kind of head trauma. Learn all about this decidedly rare affliction in this classic episode.

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Conor

how come you guys always do british or Australian accents but I've never heard you do Indian, Chinese or any African country, hmm strange

Jan 19th
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