AUSTRALIAN WOMAN HAS TONSILS REMOVED, SUDDENLY HAS AN IRISH ACCENT

Australian woman Angie Yen had her tonsils removed on April 19. Nine days later, the 27-year-old Brisbane dentist got in the shower and started singing — something she always did — but she was shocked by the sound she heard. Instead of her normal Aussie accent, Ms. Yen suddenly had a “foreign accent” that, to her, sounded Irish. Panicked, she phoned one of her friends who was in equal disbelief at Ms. Yen’s sudden accent change. He remembered hearing about something called foreign accent syndrome, and sent her some YouTube videos. She went to a doctor who said she was still healing from the surgery, and maybe her vocal cords had been damaged. But as the days wore on, Ms. Yen said her new accent didn’t go away, leaving her friends and family in disbelief. Twelve days later, she still has the accent.
* And every sentence she says ends with her saying “B’jaysus.”
* They know it’s an Irish accent because she also has an urge to headbutt somebody at a soccer game.
* Is the accent pretty authentic, or is it more like Meryl Streep?
* Any craving for corned beef and cabbage? A bowl of Lucky Charms?
* Could be worse. Could have been a Scots accent, then nobody would understand her.