Boy wakes up with posh accent after brain surgery

Boy wakes up with posh accent after brain surgery : "William McCartney-Moore's usual northern England accent was replaced with a much more refined tones complete with elongated vowels after he had an operation to remove fluid on his brain."

It is so easy to see the expressions on his family's face when the northern English boy started to sound decidedly privileged. It's a classic and reads as a very funny story, but it is real and will be disconcerting for his family. He had a rare form of meningitis , was severely hampered and the doctors thought he would die. Coming out with a refined accent is a blessing really. I remember someone telling me at some time that we never actually forget anything we have taken into our brains, that it is all there somewhere and so if we have read a latin book, the book is still there. Of course we don't remember most of what we take in because we run on a need to know basis. His brain sounds like it's got a wired cross and somewhere the boy would have heard a refined accent and now it is his! This is such a great story. I hope he goes from strength to strength and I hope his family continue to be rewarded with kindness.