Watching my sister-in-law recover from being in a body bag to living a full life on her own has amazed me.
As she re-learned to speak, at one point it was like all the wires were unplugged and re-wired in the wrong place.
I asked her if she could see the moon one night and she said no, but she could hear it.
I replied that most people can't hear the moon and she said:
"That's because they don't know what to listen for."
Now I read about this little boy who recovered from brain surgery but spoke with a new accent!
ThisIsLondon.co.uk
The accent transplant: Brain surgery leaves Yorkshire boy speaking like the Queen
Doctors discovered he had an abscess on his brain, known as a subdural empyema, which is caused by a rare strain of meningitis. He needed a lifethreatening operation to remove the fluid.
He lost the ability to read and write and his memory was also affected. But remarkably he was able to play the piano and trumpet much better than before.
William has since returned to normal in everything but the way he speaks.
"It's as if he's re-learnt how to talk from listening to language from sources different to those that prompted his speech first time around."
