Originally published at: American cancer patient developed "uncontrollable" Irish accent | Boing Boing
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Or he forgot to pick up the British half of Boston accent.
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“the accent is something we hear,” an expert stresses, a label we apply. The patients are not consciously affecting or developing a true regional accent.
So basically, your uncle who thinks he “can do a really good Irish accent” and does it more than is polite, gets stuck that way for life.
Oof, that’s gotta be rough for everyone involved.
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I read this earlier on an Irish news site and immediately thought “is this Andy Ngo’s excuse for that British accent he claims being hit by a milkshake caused?”
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This is a weird reboot of The English Patient.
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Just as long as he doesn’t lock himself in Engineering and start singing…
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Scenic county Claire
County Clare. Or am I missing a joke?
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No, probably just a mix-up.
Everybody knows Claire is not a county, but a planet.
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