English man has stroke, wakes up speaking Welsh
// December 29th, 2012 // No Comments » // News
Alun Morgan, 81 years old, grew up speaking English but lived in Wales for a while during an evacuation in World War II. He was only in Wales a few months and admits that he “learned a bit of Welsh” while he was there but was not proficient with the language. He has not spoken the language in 70 years. The Englishman recently recovered from a stroke which has left doctors a bit puzzled. After his stroke, he spent three days in a coma. When he awoke, he spoke nothing but Welsh – and never realized he was not speaking in his native tongue. Doctors say that the strange language quirk continued for three more days when suddenly, he switched back to speaking English again. He has now almost completely forgotten the Welsh language.
