Published on 12, July, 2020
This thread is the result of a discussion with Out of Step but also something I've been thinking about this past year, since diagnosis.
Years ago, when my friend was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, as was, I skim read some of his book: The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome by Tony Attwood.
One section resonated.
I can't check out the wording now as I don't own it but it was about how autistic people may not speak as non autistic people do and may not use the language commonly used by their peers.
They may, for example, use what used to be called 'BBC English' as my mother did and I do, despite being working class and having gone to working class schools.
We didn't pick up a local accent.
However, some people may pick up the accent but be fascinated by words and use uncommon words.
Also, when I was at school I used words no-one knew the meaning of.
I did actually use a dictionary a lot when I was reading and learnt these more unusual words (and mispronounced them, as I still do) so that's probably part of the reason why.
My mother also used words I'd never heard anyone else use and said that when she was young she would read the dictionary.
She also constantly used the old sayings and phrases (eg a stitch in time saves nine) and I find my speech peppered with these phrases and anachronistic words.
I think that this difference also extends to speech patterns.
Anyone else experience similar and have any knowledge about this to add?
Thanks.
if i read a book the fancier words that no one ever uses in those books tend to stick in my head and come out on top of my brains word to pick for the moment list. my mind ends up not being able to remember the common normal word for the thing and uses the most recent word i remember for it, so when a book uses overly smart words my brain tends to pick them and i forget the normal word as if its on the tip of my tongue but out of laziness i use the last remembered one which would be the one i read.oh and there was a time when i was ringing microsoft customer care so they could fix my xbox 360 that had red rings of death. they had me spell something out as they couldnt understand me and wanted me to not only spell out a word or code but also do it in that weird... foxtrot language whatever it is lol ... i dont know that... so i ended up sayong O for oxygen, H for hydrogen... i realised this then i came to E... i wanted to say electrolytes lol .... but after i said oxygen and hydrogen i was like, yeah no im not doing that... but then i couldnt think of anything for E so i was like...E for.... errr..... errr.... then the call center person said "elephant!" and i said yeah that lol
Yea - I can definitely end up with a "fancy" word that "sticks" and I find myself using it over and over for either days, weeks or months until it settles back down as just "a word" rather than "the word."
.....it's not cool.....I sound like a bit of a kn ob at the best of times (unless I'm masking or mimicking to one particular character).....but when I find myself lacing in the word "prophetic" or "parochial" or "discombobulated" while buying a pint of milk.....I hear myself sounding like a megaknob!
That's funny. or pulling a particular word out whenever you get the opportunity, how about 'promulgated'. I'm liking that one of late.
I'd be proud to have a conversation including 'discombobulated' whilst buying the milk, or rather handing over the milk on the other end of hearing your 'prophetic's, right on, much more interesting and not a knob or indeed megaknob at all IMHO!
I'll take your 'parochial' and raise you a 'cacography'...
What do we think of swear-words?
Healthy!
And the pre-watershed kids probably swear more than we do these days anyway!!
Or you can lip read AND hear the first and last letters! Perhaps they are just having a laugh and taking the *pish*!!
Yes and quite often you hear the first and last letter sounds anyway!
I have noticed more the bbc letting out casual pre watershed profanities these days.... I'm probably the worst of them all so it makes no difference to me.
There's nothing worse than when they keep pointlessly bleeping swear words out in a programme or a song, those progs or tracks need flushing down the lav. They're only words after all...who really, gives a *fook* these days??
It gives me great pleasure to say to myself under my breath in a voice like Captain Hastings "Oh bollocks" when something goes wrong.
After a quick Google. ...definitely the last one!
Blame it on the boom boom!
out_of_step said:Fucking love them.
I was just re-typing my 'to do' list and was feeling rather overwhelmed.
Thank you for that light relief
Sense and Sensibilities........I feel a novel coming on?
Brill
Which one? The one who likes Richard? The one who liked to be called Whitehouse......or the one that hangs around the back door in accord to the gospel of Black Stone Cherry?
FINALLY - someone talking sense!!!!!!