Holidaymaker wakes up with a Thai accent after having a stroke

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A British holidaymaker's life 'changed forever' when she had a stroke on a girls' trip abroad - and woke up with a Thai accent. Cathy Warren went on holiday to Fethiye, Turkey, with her friends in September 2024 to celebrate her 28th birthday and planned to go out for a birthday meal.

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A British holidaymaker's life 'changed forever' when she had a stroke on a girls' trip abroad - and woke up with a Thai accent.

Cathy Warren went on holiday to Fethiye, Turkey, with her friends in September 2024 to celebrate her 28th birthday and planned to go out for a birthday meal.

While walking to dinner on September 27 last year, she said was hit with a wave of dizziness before her 'legs stopped working' and she was unable to walk any further.

She said she hadn't experienced any other symptoms other than a 'bad headache' earlier in the day which she blamed on heat stroke.

Her friend called hotel reception for help and Cathy was rushed to hospital where she underwent several scans that revealed she'd had a stroke.

The 29-year-old woke up in hospital with the left side of her body paralysed and was stunned to hear that her Hampshire accent had changed to a Thai one.

Cathy admitted she feels like she's 'lost part of her identity' after being diagnosed with Foreign Accent Syndrome - a rare condition where a person's speech takes on an accent different from their usual one and which people can think sounds 'foreign'.

The financial administrator said she's half-way through her recovery journey and has learned to walk again but doesn't know if her British accent will ever return.