Posted: June 27, 2021 at 8:43 am TWG Source Australian Woman Who Woke Up From Surgery With Irish Accent May Be Stuck With It for Life An Asian Australian woman who woke up with an Irish accent after undergoing surgery has been struggling to get her original accent back. How it happened: Angie Yen, who lives in Brisbane, Queensland — and has never been to Ireland — had her tonsils removed on April 19. “I was getting ready for a job interview and I was just singing in the shower which I normally do and all these words were coming out; all the sounds I had never heard of before,” Yen told The Hard Shoulder. Via Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment.