A man who lived in Norway all his life without having any education or going to Germany He noticed that he spoke with a German accent.

Agree how did that happen?

II. Life in occupied Norway during World War II was quite difficult for all the country’s inhabitants.

For 30-year-old Astrid, it was more difficult. For example, when she went shopping, people would hear her German accent and refuse to pay attention to her. But Astrid was not German. He had lived in Norway all his life.

He had previously been seriously injured in the head by shrapnel during a bomb attack After this accident he started speaking with a German accent. This strange situation of Astrid came to the attention of Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn 2 years after her injury.

Georg Herman was at that time a professor of neurology at the University of Oslo and had a special interest in language disorders.

As he delved further into this issue, he realized that Astrid’s situation was not unique to him. A similar situation It was discovered in 1907 when a Parisian acquired an Alsatian accent. In the centuries that followed, physicians and language researchers reported numerous similar cases.

In reality the situation is was a speech impediment that changed the patient’s dialect. Vowel letters were affected the most by this. Which vowel you said ultimately depended on where your tongue was in your mouth.

At this point, small changes would also affect the resulting sound. This situation essentially caused the foreign accent syndrome.

The common element in many cases of this condition is It is an injury to certain parts of the left hemisphere of the brain. However, in a small number of cases it is determined that the syndrome is caused by a mental disorder and not by physical damage to the brain.

In some of these cases, the foreign accent disappears as the underlying condition is treated. But for some it continues. This discomfort is also the reason why the Norwegian Astrid suddenly speaks with a German accent.

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