So… this situation is unlikely but not impossible, and some side-eye is probably called for here. With all that in mind, let’s suspend our disbelief for a moment and take a peek into some bizarre shit that 28-year-old Australian dentist, Angie Yen, claims to be experiencing after having had a tonsillectomy back in April. According to Yahoo! Life, Angie discovered, much to her bewilderment, that about a week after having the procedure, her usual Australian accent had mysteriously swapped itself for an Irish one. Rood!
via Yahoo! Life:
Angie Yen, who lives in Brisbane, Queensland — and has never been to Ireland — had her tonsils removed on April 19. Nine days later, she woke up with “an Irish-sounding accent” she did not recognize.
“I was getting ready for a job interview and I was just singing in the shower which I normally do and all these words were coming out; all the sounds I had never heard of before,” Yen told The Hard Shoulder. She immediately called a well-traveled friend, who then confirmed that she indeed sounded Irish.
Aside from getting an Irish accent, the 28-year-old says her singing voice also improved. She can now hit notes she was unable to hit before.
Yen took to TikTok to document her experiences. More recently, she was contacted by researchers at 60 Minutes Australia, who also reported a similar case.
Here is Angie with her sparkly, new Irish accent to tell us the tale:
@angie.mcyen Day 1: Facetiming my friend and her family who I have met in person. They couldn’t believe it at first #thisissurreal
Yahoo! Life again:
This week, Yen underwent a brain scan which confirmed “nothing wrong.” But she was diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS), a rare medical condition that may be triggered by neurological or psychological damage, according to speech pathologist Kirrie Ballard.
“Foreign Accent Syndrome is a legitimate disorder. It’s described as a person’s speech changing, so that it sounds as though they’re speaking in a different accent to their habitual accent,” Ballard told 60 Minutes.
Of course, Angie and her WTF Irish accent have had to endure getting hassled on social media. TikTok user owenb32 just wasn’t having it, and accused Angie of “putting that leprechaun accent on” and said her “Aussie accent is still coming through. I call bullshit!” Damn, Owen, that leprechaun comment was harsh! One day you might find yourself in Angie’s dentist’s chair in need of a root canal, and she may or may not find enough anesthetic to dull all the pain. Your screams will render all accents null and void!
Angie’s story was picked up by an Australian news station that featured a specialist to chime in on the rare “Foreign Accent Syndrome“:
No matter how long this goes on and how much more bizarre it might get, Angie’s post-op accent switch can never eclipse Jeff Lewis‘s post-op sausage- and elf-ball pic in one of today’s other posts. You just never know what weird shit a patient is going to pull once they’re out of recovery!
Pic: TikTok/angie.mcyen