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Jerome of Sandy Cove - A castaway with both legs recently amputated, and who never spoke for the rest of his life (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

I see this as the most likely explanation

It is possible that Jerome's difficulties with producing speech could be linked to a brain injury, most likely in Broca's area, the part of the brain that regulates speech. Jerome would have been incapable of speaking in any sort of understandable language.[1] This may account for Jerome's ability to make animalistic noises, but not replicate human language.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It also seems pretty likely that Jerome was "Gamby," the known double-amputee from across the bay, as described at the end of the article

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Why not both ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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