Brisbane woman starts talking with Irish accent after tonsillectomy - a podcast by triple j

Angie Yen, who usually speaks with an Australian accent, got her tonsils out and ten days later she woke up with an Irish accent.

It's a condition called Foreign Accent Syndrome and Dr Karl explains it can happen after a huge variety of medical episodes.

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