Karen Butler has a British-sounding accent, but she’s never been to Europe. She woke up from dental surgery one day talking funny. A year and a half later her “foreign” accent remains, and her story has traveled around the world. The 56-year-old tax consultant from Toledo, Ore., has found her life transformed by the dental procedure, which left her with dentures, and — depending on whom you ask — an Eastern European, Swedish or British accent. Butler had all her top teeth and front bottom teeth removed in November 2009 because of gingivitis. A week later the swelling had gone away, but she still sounded strange. Her dentist told her she just had to get used to her new teeth. [Source]