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Foreign Accent Syndrome

Posted October 30, 2008

This is certainly an unusual news story, but I stumbled across it this evening and though it was interesting and worth posting here.  Apparently after a brain injury, a Seattle area woman now speaks with what sounds like a foreign accent. On reading the article it sounds as though her speech changes at times. [...]

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Rosetta Project – Modern day Rosetta Stone with 1000+ languages

Posted August 25, 2008

Oh…..this is such a cool idea. On a 3 inch disk (non-corroding metal – nickel according to one account.) They have engraved (microscopically etched). Writings in 1000+ languages. The text starts out large enough to read and spirals smaller giving a hint that with magnification there is more. Is there [...]

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