Published on 12, July, 2020
I grew up in a fairly rough part of Glasgow and went to school with people with very thick working class Glaswegian accents, but everyone always described me as "posh". I even remember a local shopkeeper asking my mum where I was from once. I never understood how I ended up with a different accent. But it occurred to me recently that I have three cousins who are siblings and two of them have very rough accents but one sounds an awful lot like me. You wouldn't believe she was related to her siblings.
Is this an autistic thing? Or is my accent just a freak of nature?
Amerantin (former member) said:Is this an autistic thing
Yes.
I posted about this once before on this forum and managed to find a screenshot of what I'd read in a book.
I'm the same as you.
I was brought up in the poorest area of Portsmouth and everyone I went to school with had Pompey accents.
I haven't and nor did my mother, who I believe was autistic.
I was called 'posh' too.
Another thing: I have had lots of people over the years ask me where I am from ranging from Scotland to Scandi countries.
I will interrogate my mental database and try to remember the thread that was on.