http://www.metafilter.com/tags/newfies Posts tagged with 'newfies' at MetaFilter. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:26:35 -0800 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:26:35 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/73032/eh Woman develops spontaneous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfie">Newfie</a> accent after suffering a <a href="http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080703/accent_syndrome_080703/20080703?hub=CTVNewsAt11">stroke</a>. I'm not making this up. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign_accent_syndrome">Foreign accent syndrome </a>is obviously very intriguing from a medical standpoint, and strokes are usually no laughing matter. But the particular circumstances of this case are...well...just begging to be made light of. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.73032 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:26:35 -0800 incorrect newfies politically randomstriker