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- LincolnA, on 11/08/2007, -16/+770Like that time I dropped my Vista laptop and when I fired it up again it was running Ubuntu.
- DesertDude, on 10/10/2007, -6/+475Most effective English "Crash Course" I've ever seen.
- budser, on 10/10/2007, -2/+195"He is now keen pursue studies in English." Maybe he could teach the writers/editors a thing or two.
- RoroCo, on 10/10/2007, -7/+138How is a Czech like a billiards ball? The harder you hit it the more English you get out of them.
{I guess Czech is the new Latino} - varmit, on 10/10/2007, -4/+131Hit me Jimmy! I need to learn spanish by tomorrow for my exam.
- atdigg, on 10/10/2007, -10/+116That's the first-hand proof that English identity involves some brain damage. (ok, ok, jocking)
- Alegoo92, on 11/08/2007, -31/+132I really have trouble believing this.. There's no setting in the brain, so that you can accidentally reconfigure it so it's "hardwired" to a new language. Accent and language are learned through experience, so unless he's been watching way too many American sitcoms.. this is at least not completely true.
- TravisG5, on 10/10/2007, -0/+83Jocking?
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+67I agree, he must have been surrounded with a lot English material or had an English friend because spontaneous knowledge of a language like that is impossible. Whew! That was a mouthful.
- arduenn, on 10/10/2007, -1/+63CIA undercover agent with amnesia
- superyounan1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+54I've heard of this happening to americans before, blow to the head, suddenly they have a perfect british accent and can't turn it off.
maybe being british is a manner of mental disorder? Just kidding, I love the brits, they're a never ending source of clever comedy, excellent acting... and bad food :) - jlebrech, on 10/10/2007, -1/+48Maybe he crashed into an English guy and they swapped cars (through the windscreens), and they were doubles.
- shark615, on 10/10/2007, -2/+48What?
If "Crash Course" isn't painfully obvious I hate to see you trying to figure out normal puns. - webcure, on 10/10/2007, -8/+52A short article that definitely sparks the imagination!
- whatthefu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+38I really wish there was a video of this.
- themastersb, on 10/10/2007, -1/+36Time to study some Japanese and get in a wreck.
- evensong, on 10/10/2007, -0/+35He was studying English at the time. And as a problem with many studies, you take in more information than you can regurgitate out. Is it too far fetched he was speaking from his unconscious? I think that would be pretty cool.
- vladin, on 10/10/2007, -2/+36Obliviously Photoshopped.
- Berkowitz1337, on 10/10/2007, -7/+39Some people with schizophrenia have alter egos that know a wealth of information that the subject's original personality doesn't know.
- anogenic, on 10/10/2007, -2/+33further proof we are in the matrix
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+32There is a condition where a person can receive head injuries and wake up speaking their native language in a dialect that is unfamiliar, or with a heavy foreign accent. I forget what it is called.
Under hypnosis, people have been shown to remember extraordinary details that they were not consciously able to recall. Maybe he picked up enough of the language subconsciously or something. /shrug the human brain is complex. - Jones82, on 10/10/2007, -3/+31That's what she said
- willk281, on 10/10/2007, -4/+32In soviet Russia, English learns you!
- Foamator, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27I hope the hinge didn't break - PC World would never fix it after finding the evil Linux virus on it, which obviously caused it to be dropped in the first place.
- filefly, on 10/10/2007, -0/+27"Doc, will I be able to play piano after the surgery?"
"Sure, I don't see why not..."
"Sweet, I don't know how to play now!" - Starch, on 10/10/2007, -0/+23Audio, or it didn't happen..
- DarkDragon, on 10/10/2007, -2/+25Yes, but those alter egos picked up the knowledge somewhere, they didn't just magically know it.
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Boooo!
- FeartheKnighted, on 10/10/2007, -3/+24Now that was clever.
- m0tbaillie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+20You'd really be surprised what the brain unconsciously picks up.
I read a psychological case study in one of my psych. classes once that told about a lady with Multiple Personality D/O. One of her personalities spoke perfect, fluent, accentless Parisian French, yet she had not only never studied French, nor had she been to Paris at all, but she'd never even left the US before. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19at least he didnt wake up talking penguin
- ejan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19In billiards, English is the spin you put on the ball.
- shreela, on 10/10/2007, -0/+16http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_accent_syndrome
"Foreign accent syndrome is a rare medical condition that usually occurs as a rare side effect of severe brain injury, such as a stroke or a head injury. As of 1996, there had been fewer than 15 reported cases of the syndrome."
I saw a lady on PBS that had some kind of trauma, then could only speak with a different accent (forget which one). That's the only reason I knew that article was on Wikipedia, because I looked it up after watching the show. - harshalx, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17I wish something like this happens to me and I start speaking fluent spanish. The Spanish girl next door is sooooo beautiful.
- InfiniteNothing, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18Maybe he's faking poor english
- Disclaimer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+16Here's another story and a pic of that kid as well
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=66049&in_page_id=34 - aukxsona, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15with a shlong may be
- DocHoliday22, on 10/10/2007, -0/+14Remember the guy who got kicked in the head by a donkey then ended up being able to do complex mathematics in his head? Some people have all the luck....
- shark615, on 10/10/2007, -4/+18grow a sense of humour. Its word play on pool and the fact that certain minorities like to pretend they don't speak englsih in certain situations to protect themselves or their bretheren.
- Jones82, on 10/10/2007, -1/+15That's probably it
- Frnnkdlxx, on 10/10/2007, -6/+19We can only wish we're so lucky....
- MadOtaku, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Yeah... Freud was all about beating people upside the head. Wait...
- gn0stik, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15Badum *rimshot*
- Jones82, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Activate our asset in Czech
- Akaramu, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13I would never claim to be physics, biology maybe.
- noahhoward, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Looks like he hasn't been beaten about the skull enough.
- ironyinc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Clearly, this is the first sign that the Army of the Twelve Monkeys is coming to be.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -3/+15I BOW TO YOU SIR
- Chubby51, on 10/10/2007, -1/+13Now come on guys, this is from the Daily Mail, which is only slightly more truthful than Faux Noise.
- Alegoo92, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13or Australian/UK sitcoms, ftm.
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