The English Woman Who Woke Up With A Welsh Accent | This Morning

[@thetatn1113]

Watches gavin and stacey once

[@amberleehildebrand3897]

I also have FND and part of it is suspected Foreign Accent Syndrome. I would be SO grateful to meet this woman. I never thought I'd hear of another person with a condition this similar to mine. I can assure you, it's real and it is 100 times more complicated than they had time to explain.

[@chambersstevens3135]

What accent did you get?

[@sparklesandsmog]

I have FAS ~ woke up Aug 2022 with it after a night of sobbing. i have sometimes felt like i lost myself. i actually "think" in my old voice, which is strange.

[@katiebailey6402]

I have fnd and didn't get accents just slur speech and now using a wheelchair. It's hard to come to terms with

[@andiemorgan961]

A neurological disorder can cause speech alterations. Her initial speech pattern was sharp and irregular, sounding more Eastern European. Now it's softer with a slight inflection that does to a certain degree resemble a Welsh accent. But it's not a true Welsh accent.

[@220773]

Her accent is totally Welsh, come on... she's putting it all up to be shown on the telly, I'm almost certain.

[@robbpatterson6796]

It doesn't sound exactly Welsh but almost a mix, I do hear a bit of Wesh, but also Geordie, South African and Brummie. There may be some Danish, German or Dutch thrown in but it's so varied that you can't pick one accent

[@220773]

Och, come on, it's definitely Welsh, so she's putting it on.

[@mariannehancock8282]

I was thinking much the same.

[@EmberFfin]

@@220773 no, it's not completely Welsh. I'm Welsh, not sure which area they're thinking this is from? I hear other bits and pieces from other accents.

[@220773]

@@EmberFfin So we can say it's mostly Welsh? Anyway, that's a total fake, I'm sorry.

[@EmberFfin]

@@220773 not really mostly, no. there's too much other in there. is there a story on it being fake somewhere?

[@Ma55ey]

My mum was diagnosed with FND 2 years ago had every scan under the sun but everything comes back normal... She went from an average 60 year old working in a school kitchen to looking like a dementia patient overnight... and there doesnt seem to be anything anyone can do about it other than offer mental health support which doesnt do anything really...

[@LeahAvaGeorgia]

My best friends sister has this condition. She had a slight Black Country accent and now it’s a full on Georgie accent

[@daraodonnell6514]

She was also on this morning

[@MagpieSalute81]

She also talks bs looking for clout ffs 😂

[@aledmorgan4889]

Doesn't really sound welsh seems like a hybrid Geordie, welsh and gino d'acampo

[@kstadives3]

She got an upgrade!

[@rafezetter8003]

Her accent when she's driving sounds like the people who are from the eastern block countries - Poland, Russia, Lithuania etc speaking english - not much german in there at all.

[@hangten1904]

The English accent in the car sounded a mix of German and Italian

[@Michelle_Schu-blacka]

I would imagine it's something to do with the effect of how muscles work to produce speech. A change in the way the muscles are activated because of a neurological issue will produce a different sound and thus, different accent, which could be any accent that exists or something that doesn't. In any case, our brains will place the new accent with something we already know. Like how the Barbadian accent is similar to a West Country accent and there's similarities between Canadian and Scottish. In her case, it's not a thick accent anyway, but I would definitely place it as Welsh, which is a pretty sexy accent, so it's not all bad for her.

[@Lighthouse69bb]

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 beautiful accent, come to Wales you'll love it here Gower mumbles all the coast you won't go wrong beautiful ❤️💚🤍

[@EmberFfin]

the gower is lovely. my mothers family are from Swansea, apparantly i've loads of cousins there.

[@YamnayaSintash]

A relic of a past life

[@Elizalustof]

This is what I’ve been saying for years! What if these mysterious accents are from past lives? that would mean our soul is transformed and that must sometimes mix with our brain etc Sounds crazy I know 😅

[@DirectorHMAN]

I think so yeah

[@ZB-esque]

Interesting point! Maybe... Such a mystery. I also wonder if her ancestry DNA holds any clues ... i.e. if that's a true Welsh accent, then maybe she has some Welsh DNA. I'm not saying we inherit accents through DNA by the way! It is very environmental, but the imprints of accents forms during the first few years of our childhood.

[@selwynwilliams2783]

What a lucky woman. Imagine waking up with an English accent !! 😂😜

[@laurenmartin1810]

I have functional neurological and it took six years to get a diagnosis after constant neurological testing. I sometimes speak backwards and have paralysis, all humour aside this is a real thing.

[@YouKayTen]

Hang on, i am confused about the second clip like the Tv presenter. She clearly says she's got her speech back and wasn't sure how long it would last but in the interview she claims it was recorded before???!! 🤔😖

[@mmtmmt9481]

Agreed, she contradicts herself, the video says her normal accent came back, then she explains it by saying 'that video is from before' then contradicts herself again by saying she started vlogs since the condition started. I think the condition exists but she doesn't have it. Attention seeker, she is loving the attention. They are entertaining her even though it's obvious she's lying.

[@YouKayTen]

@@mmtmmt9481 i am not sure about lying though. Cause I tell you my dad who is a public speaker in his own language but speaks very broken English with a strong accent. However, I've heard him several times speaking very good English when he is sleep talking! 😹

[@JakeSm]

I THINK that second video was her talking about when she initially had slurred speech, before the accents started. The slurred speech disappeared and her normal voice came back. Then later on, she woke up with the “German” accent. Then it turned into the “Welsh”.

[@YouKayTen]

@@JakeSm yea just bad editing 🤦‍♂️

[@Katieskatie82]

I'm Welsh! That is NOT a Welsh accent!!

[@arnoldsaunders6073]

Very similar to one of the valleys accents.

[@robhingston]

is to me

[@MagpieSalute81]

Not Welsh just someone looking for clout trying to talk with a welsh accent you can spot it a mile off

[@barneypaws4883]

Yes it is

[@s.r.howell1297]

It starts with a neurological issue that disrupts speech, but perhaps she socialised herself to soften her speech afterwards into a truer accent, similar to a child in Wales.

[@TomBartram-b1c]

Now if she woke up speaking Welsh, that WOULD be impressive!

[@fay-amieaspen6046]

She sounded more oriental in the car video clip

[@STU_the_accent_ARTist]

She sounded nothing like German for sure.

[@EvieVermont]

That is what I thought, and I’m American.

[@sparklesandsmog]

she has my sound there - a "deafness" sound

[@arawn10]

I'm Canadian, but had a bad dog sled accident.. I woke up ordering lob scouse and Brains at McDonald's..

[@hearmenow909]

Watch the video or the Brummie girl who supposedly woke up with a Geordie accent, it was also on This Morning, and in that video the 'expert' said exactly the same thing as the 'expert' in this video, that it's a software problem, not a hardware problem. What's the chances of 2 different 'experts' giving the exact same response. Contrived.

[@thefantasyreview8709]

Little Britain has a lot to answer for.

[@tamarasanders9574]

I wonder how often you would have had to hear the accent to have it appear, I am assuming, from one's subconscious? I have occasionally heard Bryn Terfel on videos, but I cannot right now distinguish ow her "Welsh" accent is different from her normal accent, or from Cornish accents from "Doc Martin". Presumably you would have had to have heard the accent enough to at least recognise it. Really fascinating.

[@sparklesandsmog]

I love reading these kind comments, I should post video with my FAS so you all can tell me what country you think. Some say Scottish, some say Ukrainian, most say they love it, but ... there is a lot of stress for me with this accent. i am in a lot of therapy.

[@welshhibby]

Whats wrong with a welsh accent ?!

[@s.r.howell1297]

She doesn't have one, that's the issue. She has a condition.

[@SweetSassyBull]

Everything, it's awful 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lilymarsh2646]

Just listen to your self before on reapeat and you will pick it up

[@Yes-kn6zm]

I find it a bit odd that when she had her german accent she started talking as if english wasnt her first language, seems a bit suspect to me

[@NieceyWeesey]

This is what FAS does to you, it changes your speech patterns. It's neurological.

[@danielrawsthorne108]

She is a good voice actor, several times she said a few words in her normal accent then quickly changed to a non native welsh accent

[@DirectorHMAN]

It's a real condition. Happened to me while in hospital.

[@danielrawsthorne108]

@@DirectorHMAN What is your normal accent and what did it change to then?

[@TedEhioghae]

actress*

[@elliemarie3786]

I thought I heard the normal accent when she said she doesn’t know what accent it was

[@spooglebiff]

​@@danielrawsthorne108dude it's a neurological disorder

[@royalmailman1]

When she says no I'm not having you she does sound like a person from Birmingham way 😮

[@eyeswideopen7777]

Welsh accent is not that different

[@justmadeit2]

I love the welsh accent, would like a welsh girlfriend!

[@red88ization]

move to the valleys we will take you

[@sedoniadragotta8323]

We won't

[@starrysky81818]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aneirathomas4955]

are you even welsh no one in the valleys sounds like that.. hers sounds more indian or something lol

[@paule8174]

Oooooohhhh What’s Occuring????

[@emmalouise8499]

Fake af

[@lilymarsh2646]

Lol

[@aneirathomas4955]

it doesn't sound very welsh in my opinion i don't know who decided it was lol

[@davidwynwilliams4047]

As a Welsh person I don’t think she does sound Welsh ,yes she shortens her words and her voice has a lilt but she sounds like and English person trying to copy a Welsh accent .The only time she sound Welsh is when is when she says “catchment area”.It is strange when this happens to people,she actually sounds like the accent we heard in old 1940 films when English actors played Welsh characters and over did the accent.

[@venusinwhite3932]

She has TikTok fans and is going to visit them? That only makes me think she's performing all of this rather than genuinely having a problem.

[@wh3resmycar]

this is genetic memory. she had Welsh ancestors way back.

[@carolinegriffiths7915]

Theres lits of cases like this

[@Shaheeda-fn2pr]

This is spiritual possession. I saw a Lady, never been to China, never seen any Chinese people, she just started speaking English in a thick Chinese accent!

[@jamieleigh807]

Alison’s face 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@christineangelafarmer4900]

I'm welsh fyn sariad cymraeg but that accent 😂😂😂😂😂

[@nigelgroves-or1yj]

couldn't she of dreamt she had lived in wales her whole life,

[@lewisroberts8683]

Could be worse could be scouse or brummie😂

[@michaeljagger7673]

If I woke up with a Brummie accent my life would be over

[@ssake1_IAL_Research]

Interesting that reincarnation has been proved, now, and it's an obvious factor to consider, but everybody is all about physical brains as the full explanation.

[@kushcloud420]

As a native welsh person we dont claim her 😂

[@sedoniadragotta8323]

Me neither Twp and chopsy she is. Now if she spoke actual Welsh fair enough . I'm tamping I am it's an insult .

[@kushcloud420]

@@sedoniadragotta8323 one reason I can tell shes faking i left wales at the ages of 3 for London and it took me half my life to get a London accent and the welsh accent still slips out around family you cant jus wake up with a random accent and wales has been blowing up as a tourist destination over covid

[@aneirathomas4955]

literally i dont know who decided it was welsh but it sounds more indian or south african to me lol

[@teresayeates3437]

​@@kushcloud420Medical doctor are you? Neurologist? Clearly not. Your arguement is beyond ridiculous.

[@teresayeates3437]

@@kushcloud420 "you don't just wake up with a random accent" tells me your level of ignorance, medically and otherwise.

[@Poweroftouch]

She doesn't sound Welsh at all

[@CrossxFir3]

Im not convinced

[@DB-uh9zn]

Dont sound welsh at all

[@jedimasterjoe5386]

This is like a person from Ohio getting a southern accent

[@Gunnersaurus1]

Both of her accents are southern

[@n8nate]

So, did ITV with all of its money help in any way?

[@astralhealer]

It’s like a spirit invasion let’s be honest

[@SonnyPlaytaten]

Why cant they give her a proper test England is like a third world country

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

Back in 2012 at the age of 10 I woke up one day with a posh accent I’m not joking (This coming from a Working Class person)

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

Many working class people have posh accents but it depends how posh you mean like do you mean 🧐 🎩 posh?

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

@@ladyfoxwf1075 i woke up on the morning of September 4 2012 and Little ten year old me went to school sounding like Elizabeth || (who at the time had her diamond jubilee that year)

[@ladyfoxwf1075]

@@lucindawinehouse2002 wow

[@lucindawinehouse2002]

@@ladyfoxwf1075 I know crazy isn’t it ?

[@jerwiffy]

Oh not again...now Welsh as well as Gan canny lingo...they having ya on.

[@rcchronicles25]

The reason this has happened is because that's who you used to be in a past life. Your subconscious has brought it back. If your looking for answers go and see a hypnotherapist not a Neurologist, as you need to be regressed and you'll find out all about it 😉 Strange but true

[@jeg_kan_lage_mat]

It's a pretty bad Welsh accent to be fair

[@scottl.1568]

Whut

[@mariewraight4969]

Maybe Welsh/Irish

[@skyfirefly76]

Hi... American here. What's the difference? JK JK JK

[@iamaliveyoucantstopnow]

This is spiritual not scientific.

[@cauliflowerpower41]

Wow 1st comment like this. I've been asking the Lord if it's supernatural. 😮

[@shrinewitch]

​@@cauliflowerpower41what did they say?

[@rhoops6322]

What, she’s spiritually welsh? 😂

[@jamieleigh807]

I’m from the capital of wales she doesn’t sound Welsh😂😂😂😂

[@arnoldsaunders6073]

It is similar to some of those who live in the valleys.

[@Blacksquareable]

@@arnoldsaunders6073 Agree. We're fond of running our words together so it's probably making it easier for her to speak.

[@STU_the_accent_ARTist]

Didn´t sound German at all

[@konraddsouza-lw1lh]

Sounds italian

[@edrodriguez4822]

😂😂😂i can't

[@CaseyPlants]

As an American I can confirm you sound the same 😂

[@llamasugar5478]

This is on the verge of insult. People with FND don’t usually make a big song and dance of it because it’s disorienting, scary, and a bit embarrassing. It challenges who they are, and people come at them for fakery or worse (like racism in the case of an American who developed a Chinese accent).

[@toddie3910]

So do you think she's faking it?

[@llamasugar5478]

I don’t. The change in her personality may be down to FND as well.

[@gemmataylor223]

In her dreams she wish

[@matthewkent5212]

Most british people have never been to Germany and only hear how germans talk in war films so how do they know she sounds german?

[@joshuawayneyork]

FND

[@boxthorncutter2804]

Gotta be fake

[@Jezza-m5k]

This is total BS... TV for muppets...

[@katehall2680]

E

[@CoralTheEagle]

What people do for attention..

[@deangerrard643]

😂😂😂😂😂😂 unlucky 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@effkhay4678]

Doesn’t sound Welsh

[@domjones-of-wales]

How dare she say she has a Welsh accent. Sounds totally fake and insulting to us. There are shades of Asian accent, but she would dare not advertise herself in TikTok saying that, so why is it ok for her to say and push the mantra it is Welsh? Since when is Welsh foreign? Very very insulting and she is very keen to pop up on al types of media to try and garner views, Oop sympathy

[@SweetSassyBull]

The last accent I would want to claim to have is a Welsh accent 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@220773]

Hey, DO NOT FOOL ME. Speech alterations WON'T explain why you put on a Welsh accent all of a sudden. This lass is PUTTING IT ALL UP to be shown on the telly, NEVER BELIEVE WHAT THE TELLY SHOWS YOU. And to all those who can hear traces of other accents well, le'ts face it, this one is a MOCK WELSH ACCENT if we're honest enough. Television can have you believe whatever they please.

[@----.__]

It's weird how this happens mostly to women, who also believe in star signs, who also believe in tarot, who also believe in ghosts.... Children, in adults bodies.

[@amad132]

Hahahahaha stress trauma

[@mermaidmimsy]

Eh? I seen alot of people with this. I don’t understand how this is real but I know DID is real.

[@iainprendergast8311]

What an attention seeker. When your life is not boring, you fake something you’re not very good at