By anonymus - 18/08/2009 16:33 - United States

Today, I asked a woman where her beautiful accent was from. The woman stared at me for a while. Then her daughter told me that the reason her mother talked like that was because she had a stroke a few months ago. FML
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curryndricegirll 0

at least you didn't make fun of it. if anything, i hope she would feel better since you called her speech beautiful. i mean i know it's still awful, but it's a little better

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AndelleRae 9

That does suck, but the way this is worded implies that the woman is a stranger. How were you to know she had a stroke? I don't think it's an FML or a YDI. Just kind of embarrassing.

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Ridyn 0

This can't be true, I've read this before

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Calaura9 0

People from norther more Urban areas speak faster and people from more southern states in the US speak slower and kind of have a drawl. She probably spoke slower and he saw it as a drawl not a dissability. I have family from South Carolina and they always say that us Connecticans speak crazy fast. This makes sense to me.

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Shyman4ever 0

It was a nice compliment, you probably raised her self-esteem about her disability.

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doubleAbattery 0

I once watched this really weird movie called "The Cakeeaters," and the main character had a disability that caused her muscles to slowly give out on her, and her speech to be slurred. I can't remember the name of the disabilty, but I can remember that the boy in the movie asked her about it and after she explained it he asked her "Is that why you talk like you're drunk?" And she said: "I do?" At least you were giving her a compliment. Although, the girl was kidding about not knowing that she sounded drunk when she talks. Apparently, she gets it all the time.

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Mortishia 0

It was a honest mistake and you paid her a compliment. May be she'll feel better about her disability.

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Andyangels27 0

you couldv been like why are you talking so ****** up? but obviously it wasn't that bad sh should feel good that you didn't notice and thought it was charming

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aaaaa12345_fml 0

do you have down syndrome?

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alliwannado 0

You know, this is gonna sound crazy, but just because the woman had a stroke doesn't mean her words were being slurred. In fact, she may have been speaking IN what the OP thought to be an exotic "accent". Stokes mess with your brain in odd ways. I've heard some cases in which, if someone did recover from a stroke and was actually able to speak again, speak in different accents they have never spoken in before, OR even in different languages!!!! I mean, it's really rare, but it's possible. The body reacts to traumatic stress in strange ways....

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iamtenyearsago 0

That would make me feel better about something that I'd hate otherwise. After a stroke, she probably thinks her voice is ugly, but you telling her it was beautiful probably made her day.

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