English Woman Woke up One Day with a Welsh Accent
In the News
When i first saw this article i thought it must be a joke
How someone can go to sleep one night and wake up the next day with a different accent
In this case she woke up with a Welsh accent despite normally speaking in an English tone
But this wasn't the only time this has happened to her, previously she woke up with a German accent !
She has had to quit her job at Wetherspoons because of this, as she was worried the regulars might take offence and think she was being funny with them
But this is a medical condition called Functional Neurological Disorder, and she was diagnosed with it in 2022
There is also another condition called Xenoglossy where people not only speak in a foreign accent but can read write and speak in another language despite never learning it
I suppose this puts a different slant on the phrase 'mind your language'
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/english-woman-welsh-accent-wetherspoon-30464618
Mae hynny'n rhyfedd iawn. Tybed pam y byddai hynny'n digwydd, mae'n rhaid ei fod yn eithaf prin. Diolch byth nad ydym i gyd wedi ei gael.
tumblespots saesneg ie, diolch byth T, byddai'n achosi rhai problemau pe bai'n gwneud hynny
Its all double dutch to me 
telmel Dydw i ddim yn gwybod beth mae'r byd yn dod iddo. Roeddwn i'n meddwl bod double Dutch yn fath o sgipio!
tumblespots Beth mae bratiaith Double Dutch yn ei olygu?
yn bennaf Prydeinig, anffurfiol : iaith na ellir ei deall. Roedd y cyfan yn Iseldireg dwbl [= nonsens, gibberish] i mi.
I don't know what is happening T, i woke up this morning like this
telmel Roeddwn i'n gallu ei siarad a'i ysgrifennu pan oeddwn i'n byw yno ond roedd hynny'n ormod o flynyddoedd yn ôl ...
telmel Nearly a completely different language in North Wales. It's called 'Gog' down in the South.
There's one thing that I was upset with my parents for and that's not bringing me up bilingual. It's still the same in my hometown now, predominantly English speaking.
Everyone in the village that we live in now speak Welsh, and the surrounding villages, but that'll change soon because of all the building and 'outsiders' buying to commute.
TheChimp We were taught to read & write Welsh in school when I was there but that was such a long time ago TBH I have forgotten most of it but funnily enough it meant that when I moved to England I picked up French & German really easily.
I do feel for you though, the commuters are taking over the whole country! At least you will be able to talk about them whilst standing next to them and they won't know what you are saying 
tumblespots I had to take Welsh for the first 3 years in secondary school which still gives me a basic understanding, but was told by my teachers that it would be better to take French for O level, so that's what I did. I'm gutted now, but I can speak some French 
tumblespots Pryhawn Da every time.
I feel like I've missed out and am still missing out on not speaking Welsh fluently. No point in S4C for me and it's annoying because there's lots of local stuff on there.
TheChimp That's a shame, no watching Pobol y Cwm for you then, although, if you keep watching you will pick more up.
tumblespots I think that they used to do an Omnibus programme for Pobol y Cwm on the weekend which used to have subtitles, but I wouldn't be able to read them now because of my peepers.
tumblespots Unfortunately, glasses are no good for me. I've got some degenerative eye disease. Had to surrender my driving licence. Never mind, I can still see where my cigarettes and alcohol are
TheChimp Oh no, I'm sorry to hear that and to have to surrender your licence! I think you might as well have that drink & those **** 
Its like my niece, she went to a welsh school as she lived on the border and now lives in north wales , has a welsh accent and can speak some welsh also
yeh i saw this on the news sounds crazy doesnt it but apparently its true. how scary would that be i would be so freaked out.
Me also S, how could you explain this to your friends who have known you for years, for example suddenly starting to speak Geordie when you have always spoke with an Irish lilt , it could cause problems
You`re never too old to learn another language or to learn anything to be honest with you. The same as you`re never too old to hold hands or to fall In love. I am Welsh and proud of It. I went to a Welsh School. I live In England now. English was forbidden at my School.
Cenedl heb iaith, cenedl heb galon
(Song) - Yma o Hyd - Dafydd Iwan
I had a Granddaddy from Cardiff and he purportedly sung well after a few bevvies .He taught mum the Welsh National Anthem but I gave up on the first breath.Other Grandparents Irish and Scottish so I'm a mixed up Kid lol.
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