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globeandmail.com: First the stroke, then a Newfoundland accent »
Mrs. Doré, 52, has an extremely rare condition called foreign accent syndrome. In fact, hers is the first documented case in Canada, says Alexandre Sévigny, a researcher at McMaster University in Hamilton.
In many ways, she did sound like someone born and bred in Newfoundland, says Dr. Sévigny. She often dropped the ‘th’ from words, saying ‘dat’ instead of that and ‘tink’ instead of think. She pronounced “roof” so that it sounded more like “ruf,” and “greasy” became “gracey.” She dropped the g at the end of many words, so hurting became hurtin’.