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Daily Mirror
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Hollie Bone

Brit wakes up with Russian accent after docs warned she might never talk again

A grandmother who woke up from a stroke with a Russian accent has finally learned to speak fluent English again, by singing.

When Rose Griffiths, 72, collapsed at her job after suffering a stroke in August 2014, she was shocked and devastated to wake up and discover she couldn’t speak.

Doctors warned the mum of two and her daughters, Lisa, 50, and Kellie, 48, that she would never walk or talk again.

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