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English Patient
croatiantimes.com
Schoolboy Dimitrije Mitrovic baffled his family and teachers in Serbia when he woke up speaking only English - despite never being taught a word of the language.
Mum Dragana says her son simply got out of bed one morning at the family home in Nis and began talking to her in perfect English.
Dimitrij - now 11 - is so word perfect that his family, friends and even his teachers can no longer understand him.
"One day, when he was only three years old, he just got out of bed and started to talk to me in English. I know some English so I could understand a bit but he was soon so good I had to get a translator to speak to him for me," explained his mum.
By the time he was five, Dimitrije was reciting entire Harry Potter novels to his pals in English and now he rarely speaks his mother tongue unless he has to. "I dream in English, speak it, and if stub my toe I'll curse in English too," he said.
Baffled medics believe Dimitrije may have acquired some sort of autistic talent for the language.
"He is absolutely normal in every other way and a very nice young boy. He just seems to think he's English," said mum Dragana.
English language expert Professor Tatjana Paunovic from Nis University explained: "It's fascinating. We have talked to him for an hour in English and he speaks the language better than we do - like he was born speaking it."
Tag cloud autistic stub fascinating curse unless University Dimitrije Paunovic talked family teachers English Professor medics talent acquired Dragana baffled Tatjana expert
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MIl Eds wrote on 26. 01. 2011 from UK
how can I know if this story is accurate? and not just a tale.
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Arne Larsson wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from Minnesota, USA
American English, or British English? Does he have a Serbian accent? Maybe he's been watching cartoons in English, or he has the language ability of a savant. Does he take English in school? There is a Briton who learned Icelandic in a short period of time, and Icelandic grammar is no picnic.
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John wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from USA
Let's just hope it's not American Southern Redneck English, y'all. ;-)
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Patric wrote on 19. 10. 2010 from Nebraska
I am so sick of everyone mocking those from the South. I love to listen to a true Southern lady, makes my day. What I really hate is New York accent, or Jersey holy smoke!
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Gary wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from Jackson,MS
Foreign Accent Syndrome is a real medical condition http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=6241218. If there are other cases similar to Dimitrije's we may have a new phenomenon on our hands: Foreign Language Syndrome.
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Gus wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from Texas USA
Does Dimitrijie also write in English?
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Douglas J. Bender wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from Elkhart, IN (USA)
It could be demonic, or it could simply be a gift from God, a gift of the Holy Spirit, for whatever purpose He might have. It certainly isn't evidence of reincarnation, because souls are not reincarnated -- once a person dies, their spirit faces God in judgment, and they are either allowed into Heaven because they have accepted Jesus' sacrifice for their sins, or they are condemned to Hades, to be in torment until they are finally cast into the Lake of Fire.
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Jan wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from U.S.
For those who think that the Tower of Babel story in the Bible was just fantasy, think again!
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casper milktoast wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from usa
I think it's demonic.
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Alex wrote on 18. 10. 2010 from Oregon, USA
You read articles like this a few times a year, although I suspect fraud, it is a tantilizing idea to think something like this might happen spontanously.
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