I think what happened with your mother wasn't that unusual. I've heard of people forgetting their native tongue and only being able to use the most recently learned language when under the influence of drugs and after brain injury.
I read a few months ago about an English-speaking woman who suffered a stroke and woke up only able to speak French, which was very weird, since her last exposure to the language was about thirty years before in the UK equivalent of US high school. My recollection of the details is hazy, but I think it took her months to get back to speaking English fluently.
During the last weeks of a summer long business assignment in Madrid, Spain, I started to forget how English sounded. Reading was no problem. I could speak English fine, but not very clearly. Fortunately, the problem was easy to fix by watching BBC news from London on television every night. The international edition news anchor spoke in a neutral way that was equally clear for both North American, and European listeners.
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I think what happened with your mother wasn't that unusual. I've heard of people forgetting their native tongue and only being able to use the most recently learned language when under the influence of drugs and after brain injury.
I read a few months ago about an English-speaking woman who suffered a stroke and woke up only able to speak French, which was very weird, since her last exposure to the language was about thirty years before in the UK equivalent of US high school. My recollection of the details is hazy, but I think it took her months to get back to speaking English fluently.
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During the last weeks of a summer long business assignment in Madrid, Spain, I started to forget how English sounded. Reading was no problem. I could speak English fine, but not very clearly. Fortunately, the problem was easy to fix by watching BBC news from London on television every night. The international edition news anchor spoke in a neutral way that was equally clear for both North American, and European listeners.
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