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Varnigma t1_j68dj1m wrote

Reply to comment by Wild_Top1515 in TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety

To be honest, many southerners sound like stroke victims to begin with.

Full disclosure: am southerner.

Hope your father is doing well.

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littlesymphonicdispl t1_j6915hg wrote

Southerners ain't got shit on the Appalachian mountain people. Fucking need subtitles for them.

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Varnigma t1_j693ozy wrote

My grandmother was what we called “tongue tied” (not sure the medical term is). Basically I never could understand her.

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AgentMeatbal t1_j69e52i wrote

So there is a condition called a tongue tie. Basically all of us have a little membrane running down the middle of the underside our tongue that connects it to the floor of your mouth. Some people have too much membrane and it stops their tongue from moving properly. It’s an easy fix, a little snip. But she may have literally just had this.

You can go look in the mirror and lift up your tongue and see yours. You can also lift your upper lip and see how the inside of your upper lip is connected to the gum above your two front teeth. The proper term for the one under the tongue is lingual frenulum if you want to Google it.

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