Czech speedway rider crashes… and wakes up with British accent

[Bob]

When non-English speaking speedway rider, Matej Kus, 18, from the Czech Republic crashed during a meeting and another rider rode over his head, no-one expected him to wake up… speaking perfect English.

Team manager Peter Waite said Kus “sounded like a newsreader”. Sadly, this newfound ability was short-lived. Once Kus regained his memory, his command of English was lost.

Speaking through an interpreter, Kus said: "There must be some English deep in my head…Hopefully I can pick some English up so I'll be able to speak it without someone having to hit me over the head."

Doctors said Kus’ new skill was due Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare condition where a blow to the head damages the parts of the brain that control speech.

[Bren_chch]

LOL thats weird!!!

[Kickaha]

LOL thats weird!!!

Yeah Bren_chch has fallen on his head a few times and still can't speak English

[breakaway]

I once fell backwards off a chair and smacked my head into a door as I was going down, ever since then I hear a noise in my right ear - like someone's constantly blowing into it, slowly

[Bren_chch]

Yeah Bren_chch has fallen on his head a few times and still can't speak English

hehehe true!

[Bren_chch]

I once fell backwards off a chair and smacked my head into a door as I was going down, ever since then I hear a noise in my right ear - like someone's constantly blowing into it, slowly

ok thats weird too!!! bummer, that would be annoying!

[TOTO]

I heard thta if you hit the same place , it may fix itaself...

[klingon]

When non-English speaking speedway rider, Matej Kus, 18, from the Czech Republic crashed during a meeting and another rider rode over his head, no-one expected him to wake up… speaking perfect English.

Team manager Peter Waite said Kus “sounded like a newsreader”. Sadly, this newfound ability was short-lived. Once Kus regained his memory, his command of English was lost.

Speaking through an interpreter, Kus said: "There must be some English deep in my head…Hopefully I can pick some English up so I'll be able to speak it without someone having to hit me over the head."

Doctors said Kus’ new skill was due Foreign Accent Syndrome, a rare condition where a blow to the head damages the parts of the brain that control speech.

Hmmm... I hate to ruin a good story... but Foreign Accent Syndrome doesn't actually allow you to speak another language. It just causes you to speak your own language with a 'foreign' accent.

In fact, it damages the parts of your brain that control pronunciation, pace and inflexion in your speech, leading other people to hear it as a foreign accent. It's rare but well documented. Sounds like this story started out as genuine but has been enhanced a little along the way...

Sorry Bob.

[tri boy]

Hmmm... I hate to ruin a good story... but Foreign Accent Syndrome doesn't actually allow you to speak another language. It just causes you to speak your own language with a 'foreign' accent.

In fact, it damages the parts of your brain that control pronunciation, pace and inflexion in your speech, leading other people to hear it as a foreign accent. It's rare but well documented. Sounds like this story started out as genuine but has been enhanced a little along the way...

Sorry Bob.

Says you.
My hand slipped off my knob once in the middle of some rather vigorous self love, and I punched myself hard on the nose, since then I speak fluent Chinese, and can count backwards in Hebrew from 50000

[klingon]

Says you.
My hand slipped off my knob once in the middle of some rather vigorous self love, and I punched myself hard on the nose, since then I speak fluent Chinese, and can count backwards in Hebrew from 50000

Ah, well that's a whole different syndrome then! That's FLaSSA - Foreign Language Syndrome from Self Abuse. The counting thing is rare - usually sufferers can only say "Love you longtime, big guy" in Thai, Flemish and Swahili.

[tri boy]

That will explain my interest in Thai assembled Triumphs