02 Aug 2011, 4:47 pm
Jonsi wrote:
Spazzergasm wrote:
Jonsi wrote:
SammichEater wrote:
Jonsi wrote:
I mix it up with 'v' a lot. Foreign accent syndrome.
German?
It's vabbit season!
German/Icelandic. Idk, it changes a lot.
Got it when I got a concussion a couple months ago. v_v
Wait, you're a Canadian who developed an Icelandic accent from a concussion?
It's a long and complicated story. :\
There was a story not too long ago about a woman in....Oregon? Washington? Anyways, she went to the dentist to have a tooth removed or something and when she woke up she spoke with an Irish accent and has been that way ever since. Very rare, but does happen.
02 Aug 2011, 9:01 pm
Spazzergasm wrote:
Can I hear?
Some of the sciencey is probably wrong, as I am definitely no brain specialist but I'll try my best.
So a couple months ago I had an intense interest in language, specifically the Icelandic, German and Russian languages. I was trying to learn them all at once, was reading about them and reading in those languages almost minute-by-minute for a good couple weeks.
Now, I've always had trouble switching between the natural accents that different accents cause you to have while speaking them, even if I was just listening to the language. Heck, even if someone who was not native to English was speaking English I'd have a terrible time trying to speak normally. I.e. If I was listening to a Dutch person speak English, I'd pick up the accent and speak it for awhile after.
One day I was trying to fix the light in my room, it seemed kinda wobbly, so stupid ol' me thought it would be a wonderful idea to stand on the bed and adjust it. I ended up getting my feet tangled in my blankets and fell backward. I fell off the bed and the back of my head hit the corner of the big, very solid, very sharp-cornered desk very, very hard and lost consciousness.
I still don't remember the next couple days after that very well, but I had a concussion and minor brain damage, not permenant I was told, but enough to affect my speaking. As a result, it aggravated my already existing language difficulties and I know have an accent that can be a Russian/Icelandic/German accent or a mix of any one of them. I also tend to mispell or misuse words without noticing. A lot more than normal. I'm always careful though, so I don't make as many as I used to.
I usually fake a Canadian so people understand me, but on some days it's hard. Some days it's easier, and I often mistake those as the foreign accent syndrome going away. All of this happened a couple months ago, so I should have it a long time.
I'm totally used to it now though. I do worry that people will misunderstand and think I'm putting an accent on. D:
On the plus side, I can do mean impressions.
02 Aug 2011, 9:09 pm
Jonsi wrote:
Spazzergasm wrote:
Can I hear?
Some of the sciencey is probably wrong, as I am definitely no brain specialist but I'll try my best.
So a couple months ago I had an intense interest in language, specifically the Icelandic, German and Russian languages. I was trying to learn them all at once, was reading about them and reading in those languages almost minute-by-minute for a good couple weeks.
Now, I've always had trouble switching between the natural accents that different accents cause you to have while speaking them, even if I was just listening to the language. Heck, even if someone who was not native to English was speaking English I'd have a terrible time trying to speak normally. I.e. If I was listening to a Dutch person speak English, I'd pick up the accent and speak it for awhile after.
One day I was trying to fix the light in my room, it seemed kinda wobbly, so stupid ol' me thought it would be a wonderful idea to stand on the bed and adjust it. I ended up getting my feet tangled in my blankets and fell backward. I fell off the bed and the back of my head hit the corner of the big, very solid, very sharp-cornered desk very, very hard and lost consciousness.
I still don't remember the next couple days after that very well, but I had a concussion and minor brain damage, not permenant I was told, but enough to affect my speaking. As a result, it aggravated my already existing language difficulties and I know have an accent that can be a Russian/Icelandic/German accent or a mix of any one of them. I also tend to mispell or misuse words without noticing. A lot more than normal. I'm always careful though, so I don't make as many as I used to.
I usually fake a Canadian so people understand me, but on some days it's hard. Some days it's easier, and I often mistake those as the foreign accent syndrome going away. All of this happened a couple months ago, so I should have it a long time.
I'm totally used to it now though. I do worry that people will misunderstand and think I'm putting an accent on. D:
On the plus side, I can do mean impressions.
Well, I'm terribly sorry you had a concussion D:. And also that you have problems with word usage now. But I totally think that's AWESOME. Russian/Nordic/Dutch accents are my favourites.
Can you upload a vid of you talking with your new accent or something?
Btw how do you pronounce your username?
02 Aug 2011, 9:21 pm
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