A press released landed in the old emailbox a few days ago letting me know that the "Western accent," which is supposedly what most people in Oregon talk with, was voted North America's third-most ...

SALEM, Ore.SALEM, Ore. — Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she’s never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her “foreign” accent ...

"Foreign accent syndrome is exceedingly rare," he said, "It comes about as a result of injury to the brain, for whatever reason. It could be traumatic brain injury, it could be an ischemic stoke, ...

PORTLAND A Newport, Ore. woman who underwent oral surgery a year ago is still living with an unexpected side-effect. She now has a British accent. I sounded like I was from Transylvania, Karen Butler ...

People have woken up sounding French, Russian, or Irish, without learning a new language. Here’s what really happens when an ...