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.
I'm going to try to use it as a noun, a verb, and an adjective.
I think as a noun will be the hardest one.
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.
Here follows a PDF link for the first edition of The Complete Guide to Asperger Syndrome ~ without the introduction on the DSM-5 diagnostic criteria that is included in the second edition. The bit you are referring to is most likely in Chapter 8, on Language, somewhere between pages 202 and 228:
www.autismforthvalley.co.uk/.../Attwood-Tony-The-Complete-Guide-to-Aspergers-Syndrome.pdf
I'm confident I'll get it done.
Will report back tomorrow.
I'm aiming for a minimum of 3 people.
Depends how much jabbing is involved. I'd say 3.
I can't get spork out of my head now......"two to four fork-like tines".....do you go for two, three or four tines??
I was thinking along the lines of a giant hob nob.
I don't think talking louder would help if you couldn't speak English! I've taken to going "one minute............" to give me time to access info and string it together
Naughty!
Yeah, maybe you could mumble it. And when they go 'wh-what, what was that?' craning their necks to hear, you go 'you know - megablob?', they go 'excuse me, what?', 'bob, bob, yeah I'm thinking of getting my hair cut, it's new - it's called a mega-bob'
I had an encounter recently, they asked me a question, I was attempting to formulate an answer from the myriad things ricocheting round my nut. You know how it is. But not responding quickly enough, meant that they jumped in, started repeatedly repeating the question, only now, they are mouthing the words super-exaggeratedly and talking really really loud, rather than autism I'd apparently become deaf as a post, had a lobotomy and could no longer comprehend basic english???
Is anyone with me on accepting a challenge....?
"In real life to shoe-horn the word MEGAKNOB into general conversation with an acquaintance or stranger tomorrow".
In my field of expertise, I quite often introduce a made-up term when talking to other "professionals" to see if any of them actually have sufficient faith in their own competencies to challenge me on it. I'm sad to say that, most of the time, they are not !
LOL
I seem to remember bets being had on who could get the word "spork" into their GCSE English exam
Congratulations! What does the word involuted mean?
I once got the word 'involuted' into a scientific paper, I was hugely pleased.
I often choose to mishear what people say for my own amusement. It can be a lot of fun.
I often talk in similes rather than straight.
I also often mishear what people say. I'm on a bus now which announces the next stop and I've just heard that the next stop is, "for the effing cinema".
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.