A MUM woke up speaking like a member of Abba.
Georgina Gailey, 60, noticed her Swedish twang while chatting to her sister on FaceTime.
Georgina Gailey was diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome
1978 David RedfernGeorgina now sounds like a member of Abba, despite never having been to Sweden[/caption]
Hospital medics suspected a stroke, but two weeks later she was diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome.
The mum-of-two, of Hillingdon, West London, said: “I had a heart attack a few months earlier. I was getting better.
“I was very well spoken and now I say Ja rather than Yes.
“People ask where I come from and when I tell them they laugh. I smile but underneath it makes me sad.
“I’m English born and bred. I’ve never even been to Sweden.”
Georgina went on: “I went to the hospital and they thought I had a stroke.
“They kept me in for two weeks and then I was finally diagnosed.”
Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare disorder which can occur after trauma to the brain.
Georgina said: “I don’t know if I’ll have the accent forever. I want to raise awareness because the more people know about it the more research will be done.”