poor woman, waking up with a french accent after a migraine.

[piggynose]

it cudve been worse, she cudve ended up with one of many strange uk accents, eg geordie, yam yam, or even a devonshire accent

http://uk.news.yahoo....h-accent-d831572.html

[jno]

perhaps if they sttart a new series of Allo Allo...

[tamborine]

mine turned me into a sumo wrestler

[Buenchico]

Here's a better link, so that you can hear her voice both 'before' and 'after':
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-11280005

I bookmarked that link last night because I was planning to post it in Chatterbank this evening with the question "Which accent would you most (or least) like to suddenly acquire?" For me, most accents would be OK, with the possible exception of South African ;-)

[bibblebub]

brum or NI would be a nightmare

[society]

She's probably wishing that she was able to speak french instead of just having the accent. lol

[Prudentia]

The pedigree of Eyre, my family, records that some of my ancestors were of french origin, a part of my makeup that I feel deeply ashamed of , the french in my experience are cowardly, introspective, rude, arogant and, liars!, a truly despicable race who devised the eec together with germany to take over europe for their joint ends.

[jno]

I'm sure nobody could accuse you of rudeness or arrogance, Prudentia, so you have obviously overcome the dire circumstances of your inheritance.

[craft1948]

I quite like the French.........their arrogance is to be admired.

[anneasquith]

she sounds better now, whats the problem ?you not happy pru ?

[ludwig]

It could have been much worse. She could have started out with the 'After' accent, had a migraine and then woke up speaking with the 'Before' voice.

[Buenchico]

That thought occurred to me as well, Ludwig ;-)

[flip_flop]

Or, god forbid, the scouse accent.

Scouse is like listening to nails being dragged down a blackbird - it sets my teeth on edge, makes me shiver and (were I not a level-headed person) would drive me stab the speaker in the face with a with a rusty spoon.

Bloody awful accent.

[kinell]

this is more common than you may think...

there are thousands of second or third generation black kids in this country talking in strange accents..

these kids need to get a 'laff' oops hope i dont offend you or i might get threatened with 'a naff'

my maternal granmother was irish....so its top of the morning to you all

[kinell]

prudentia

i really must protest at you over-generalisation about the french....

i once met a french person who wasnt introspective

[ummmm]

I'm Irish and I'm yet to meet another Irish person say 'top of the morning'

[jomifl]

living as I do in France Prudentia, I have found that the French do have all the qualities you describe, but they don't individually have all or any of them and they don't have them any more than the British. There is nothing wrong with a bit of introspection and nobody should be ashamed of their ancestors after all we can't choose them, so cannot be blamed for it.

[jomifl]

ah woodnt lahk terav wunnadose lahk street aksense. nahtameen

[Bobbisox]

thats a bit extreme flip..lol

[piggynose]

well, basically i´m a brumm-mae, alright like. ow you gooing and all that

[ludwig]

// I'm Irish and I'm yet to meet another Irish person say 'top of the morning' //

You need to get up earlier ummmmm. You're obviously lying in til gone 12. ;-)