
18-year-old Matej Kus’ only knew basic english but after his speedway accident paramedics were shocked to hear him speaking perfect english.
“It was in a really clear English accent, no dialect or anything. Whatever happened in the crash must have rearranged things in his head.
“Before his crash Matej’s use of the English language was broken, to put it mildly.
“He was only just making a start on improving it and struggled to be understood, but was keen to learn.
“Yet here we were at the ambulance door listening to Matej talking to the medical staff in perfect English.
“Matej didn’t have a clue who or where he was when he came round. He didn’t even know he was Czech.
“It was unbelievable to hear him talk in unbroken English.”
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Though his new-found talent didn’t last long. As he was recovering his perfect English went away.
I heard a similar story about an American woman who got hit on the head and started speaking with a British accent and she even knew British slang words that she never heard before. How did that happen?
The human mind is a strange thing. I heard in Psychology that all babies can identify every dialect in the world but they forget about it once they learn how to talk and also because of the influences in their environment.
I think I need to hit myself over the head with a blunt object and see what happens.