Published on 12, July, 2020
I have a major problem with being able to decipher accents (ie understand what the person is talking about) and in fact it can lead to major embarrassment and probably cost me a job I had too.
I'm pretty sure I've read somewhere that this is an autistic thing.
Does anyone else find that this is the case and/or have any light to throw on the subject?
Thanks.
The embarrassment for me is when I can't fully understand what a person has said because they're either speaking too fast, or it's too noisy, or whatever it is, and I want to ask them to repeat themselves (politely) but I'm both embarrassed and I don't want to humiliate them.
I do get that a lot. Less to do with accents and more to do with me simply not speaking clearly enough.
I had a friend from Northern Ireland and we never had any accent problems. I'm from Birmingham though my accent is very broad, and any time she asked me to repeat myself was when I was basically mumbling.
I know I am digressing a little, but I sometimes find myself mumbling because I feel like the other person doesn't care about what I have to say.
thats awsome
I have the oppostie and find myself so absorbed in the accent or dialect I start copying it and people think I'm trying to be funny, I'm not. Accents and dialects fascinate me, when you look back at the old Anglo-Saxon kingdoms the area of accents and dialect seem to match the old kingdoms which makes me wonder if these are normal words in those languages and if that was their accents.
I do exactly the same, I only have to observe and listen for a short period and I can then mimic most accents. It can easily get me into trouble. I have a friend who has an absolute dislike for one of his customers, I often walk in to my friends workshop and speak in the other person’s voice from behind my friend, he turns around every time and for some reason then swears at me!