This week’s question: A Utah man has repeatedly woken up from surgeries speaking fluent Spanish, despite having learned only the basics in high school. Stephen Chase, 33, said he goes back to speaking English after about 20 minutes. If Chase were to write a book about his unusual trick for temporarily mastering a foreign language, what would it be titled?
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SECOND PLACE: “The Spanish Patient”
THIRD PLACE: “Operation Fluent? Si”
“Presto, Change-o, Hablo!”
“Want to Learn a Language? Suture Self”
“How to Succeed at Language Without Really Studying”
“Rosetta, Loaned”
“Doze-o-Lingo”
“In Ether Words”
“The Surgery That Opened My Mind”
“Fluent Spanish in Three Easy Surgeries”