I woke up one day and suddenly had a North East accent
A woman has gone viral online after waking up with a North East accent.
Verity Went, who lives in Staffordshire, has now gone nearly three years without her own accent after waking up with a clear Geordie accent.
She has said that she has become so used to her new accent, she would be sad if she lost it in an interview with ITV.
The condition, known as foreign accent syndrome, is thought to be caused by strokes, but can also develop from head trauma and migraines.
It has been a known condition since 1907, with other examples including an American father who now speaks in a Spanish accent after an operation, and a British woman who now speaks in a Thai accent after falling ill on holiday in Turkey.
“They say its a speech impediment” said Verity to ITV. “But the human brain percieves it as an accent.”
The condition also means she suffers from near-daily seizures, migraines and ticks. She does not know when these will come.