I woke up after becoming heavily drunk, and now my accent is different, is this normal?

Answer 1

LOL!

How long were you drunk? Maybe you've been drunk for a whole year and lived abroad and learnt to speak another language and then forgot when you finally woke up sober.......

Answer 2

No, it´s not normal but that can happend:

Geordie stroke victim left sounding like Jamaican
By Russell Jenkins

RESEARCHERS are hoping that a woman who woke up after a stroke to find her Geordie accent sounding like Jamaican patois could shed some light on “foreign accent syndrome”.
Lynda Walker, 60, shows the symptoms of a rare affliction that leaves sufferers with a different accent. Although Ms Walker lived in Canada for a spell, she returned to the North East, where she grew up, and never lost her strong Geordie twang. But when she regained consciousness after a stroke in March last year, she spoke with a different accent.

Most people believe that she sounds Jamaican. Ms Walker said: “I got very down about it at first. It was so strange because you do not feel like the same person. I didn’t realise what I sounded like but then my speech therapist played a tape of me talking. I was just devastated.”

Researchers at Newcastle University are using Ms Walker as a case study for the syndrome. There have been only 50 documented cases over the past 65 years. The syndrome was identified in 1941 after a Norwegian woman, who suffered a shrapnel injury to her brain, began speaking with a strong German accent. It led to her being ostracised.

Research suggests that a tiny part of the brain that affects speech has been damaged. It can result in altered pitch, lengthened syllables or mispronunciation, changing the speaker’s accent. “It is like losing a big part of your identity,” Ms Walker said. “Everyone asks where I am from and if I say Westerhope, in Newcastle, they just laugh. They think I am lying. The worst thing is not having control over your own accent. I want my voice back but I don’t think that will ever happen.”

Answer 3

Hey.... you lot.... leave out...

YES.... this is a side affect of severe dehydration caused by excess alcohol consumption you need to make sure you drink plenty of water... And get a GP appointment ASAP.

Im also gonna ask if your a diabetic as what you have described is something that needs to be discussed with your GP... It is not uncommon for this to happen... basically like a stroke which affects your direct speach and movement of your left side.. dehydration can cause burn outs in your chemical paths in your brain... often your speach.. i had a patient in three weeks ago who spoke fluent German yet has never had a lesson!!!????

Answer 4

You are only hearing your accent differently as drink affects the ears.
Hence you fall over when drunk or feel sick.
Cut back on the drinking

Answer 5

Most authorities on the subject report that removing one's face from last night's left overs improves the accent change vastly.

Answer 6

Are you sure you did not fall and bang your head. Maybe you knocked the part of your brain which relates to speech. Or, did you have a mild stroke. That can very often affect your speech. I think, if what you say is true, you should visit your GP and they can do some tests. It does sound very unusual.

Answer 7

That happened to a lady in the UK. She was from newcastle and when she woke up she spoke Jamacan. I'm sure it's a rare disease. SEEK HELP.

Answer 8

Were your pants still on when you woke up? Maybe you got a little Greek in you last night.

Answer 9

Not sure what the question is Change of Accent or change of tone?

Answer 10

sometimes when i get very very drunk i speak different languages (that i know) and i can't stop that until i get sober. i think it's because of alcohol and you'll be fine but if you worry about that see a doc.