From the Mental Floss Random Fact Generator:
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Foreign Accent Syndrome is a rare side effect of brain trauma, whereby a patient’s enunciation is altered to the point where it begins to resemble a foreign accent. Perhaps the most famous example occurred in 1941, when a young Norwegian woman began uncontrollably speaking with a German accent after being hit in the head with shrapnel. Her community, thinking she had Fascist sympathies, shunned her.
Oh, there’s a recognized syndrome and an affliction for everything these days. And you though Restless Leg Syndrome was odd.