A Virginia woman has to explain where she's from more than most thanks to a tumble down a stairwell three years ago.
Though she was born in Pennsylvania, went to college on the Eastern Shore and lives in Fairfax County, Robin Vanderlip speaks with a Russian accent these days, the Washington Post reported. She's had it ever since she woke up from that fall.
The National Institutes of Health and the University of Maryland are on this case of foreign accent syndrome. Vanderlip's not the first, but fewer than 60 cases have been reported worldwide, the Post reported.
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ReplyDeletemy guess is that she ate too many soft crabs. thanks sjd
ReplyDeleteObama fell out of no where and wound up with an english accent ...
ReplyDeleteoops, i meant to say an american accent
ReplyDeleteLOL 8:44 and 9:53! That is a good one!
ReplyDeleteIt's obvious she was RUSSHIN' or the fall wouldn't have happen...DUH!
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