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Woman Wakes Up With New 'Irish Accent' Days After Surgery
Australian Angie Yen has been speaking with a new Irish accent for two weeks in what's suspected to be a case of foreign accent syndrome.
Yen, aged 27, is originally from Taiwan but has lived in Brisbane, Australia, since she was 8 years old, and normally speaks with an Australian accent. But two weeks ago, Yen woke up sounding Irish, despite having never even been to Ireland.
Yen first started speaking with an Irish accent 10 days after she had surgery to remove her tonsils. She went to the hospital the same day but as she wasn't showing any other signs of illness, Yen was sent home and told to rest.
Yen has been documenting her journey with her new accent on TikTok, where she has gained a following of more than 20,000 people. She went viral with a video documenting the second day of speaking with an Irish accent that was viewed nearly two million times.
https://www.newsweek.com/australian-...urgery-1590423
Yen, aged 27, is originally from Taiwan but has lived in Brisbane, Australia, since she was 8 years old, and normally speaks with an Australian accent. But two weeks ago, Yen woke up sounding Irish, despite having never even been to Ireland.
Yen first started speaking with an Irish accent 10 days after she had surgery to remove her tonsils. She went to the hospital the same day but as she wasn't showing any other signs of illness, Yen was sent home and told to rest.
Yen has been documenting her journey with her new accent on TikTok, where she has gained a following of more than 20,000 people. She went viral with a video documenting the second day of speaking with an Irish accent that was viewed nearly two million times.
https://www.newsweek.com/australian-...urgery-1590423