Are you good at making accents , vocies, copying people

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not quite sure if it applies in the same way, but I do tend to copy other people's behaviours and voice style, subconciously, in order to make it look like there's nothing wrong with me. I only realise it afterwards. For example, I'll try to copy the way Jason statham speaks, as people in the films seem to be afraid of him. When I was little, I used to copy Rowan Atkinson as Mr Bean, speaking exactly like him, copying his movements and making my family laugh so hard because it was so well done. The problem comes when I act like the overly confident people I see in films and real life, I act like them for a bit so it looks like I have no issues, then something will happen, I'll realise I;m still the same autistic caring person, I'll be unable to act like other people any more, my cover is blown and I end up looking weird because everyone believes I'm such a tough guy, then when it becomes apparent I;m not, they think I;m exceptionally weak and annoying for pretending.

I'm pretty good at doing accents - mostly British ones.

I've found that I can also do voices pretty well, too...I mostly do vocal impressions of cartoon characters, like:

Goliath from Davy and Goliath

Ed from Ed, Edd, and Eddy

Mater, Luigi, and Fillmore from Cars

Tigger from Winnie the Pooh

Ira from Where the Wild Things Are

I can also do voices for certain South Park chars, like Butters, Cartman, and Mr. Mackey.
I can also impersonate Napoleon Dynamite pretty well, too....I'm currently at work on refining my voice to be able to do a suitable Sterling Holloway impression, too....but I have mixed feelings about trying to touch that. Not just anyone can be a Sterling Holloway soundalike.

I'm not so good at imitating specific people I see, all people look and sound more or less alike to me, I'm pretty good with cultural accents though, I switch around between Russian, German, South African, American and a few others mid conversation all of the time. For fun since my normal voice is just that.

I'm terrible at mimicking accents and terrible at understanding people who speak with strong ones. I can replicate tone of voice well, stressing words in the right places, and I strongly prefer to when repeating another's words. Otherwise, I feel I'm not quoting properly. But I hate to be generally loud just because the person I'm quoting was, so I usually tone it way down.

I used to quote people more, but I switched to a preference for paraphrasing when a friend of mine made a big deal over the fact that I could recall such long exchanges with others so accurately. I got self-conscious about it because she'd pointed it out, so I didn't want to do it anymore. I guess I was worried it made me seem weird. Now I don't think I could do it as well as I used to, because I'm unpracticed after so many years. It's probably been a couple of decades.

I am very good in both accents and imitations.
And I was copying people I thought were kinda cool, but it wasn't conscious, it just happened.

I'm great with accents, I also have the ability to sound like I have no accent. Such as the news casters one would hear on television. I'm not sure how I am when it comes to imitating others. I have been told that I have a very soothing voice.

I had theater lessons starting with 27 or something. I was a natural talent, what about that But I was too old for the traditional way, so I just took it as a compliment. Really, the teacher made extra lessons with me, and when I finished she only said OK. Its ok...
I think I can imitate whatever I want.

No. The only exception is "Charlie bit me and that really hurt" but I practicaly have to talk through my nose to do that. I could never fake accents or other people's voices. I can't even make up gibberish. Basicaly, language is not my first language.

Yes, it is actually one of my biggest flagships and ways of socializing. Everyone finds it funny when I do, and at one point or another, when I am on a party, someone urges me to do it because people like it. I can speak almost all german dialects on a level equal or close to native speaker, and I my default dialect when speaking english is British, but I can (thanks to the internet, I know it for for sure) convincingly pass as American and Australian. I also like to speak with "foreign" accents, like Indian, French and Japanese. What amazes me myself is the fact that I never had to practice it. I've heard someone talk like that for about 10 minutes, then I could replicate it.

I've been told I'm good at it, but I don't know if I really count, because in recent years I've been studying linguistics, as part of my university education, so I do lots of work with accents and pronunciation, I even take notes for other classes in International Phonetic Alphabet, as practice, and have become quite good at it, at least with English and German.

Oui, monsieur. Folks can't tell if it's me barking or a dog.

What makes you think it's related to AS? NTs do this all the time! (Well, at least that's what I experience). My NT cousin used to always put on an accent when he was a kid, and it used to make us laugh. Also my brother and his mates copy how this person they know speaks. This person has a wobbly sort of voice, and my brother and his mates do his voice and think it's hilarious.

I'm quite good at doing the American accent - once me and my mate pretended to be American whilst doing a whole shopping in the supermarket. It was really funny and I was good (so was my friend).

But otherwise, I am no good with accents generally.

I've always been able to copy voices with great accuracy, both voluntarily and not. Whenever I involuntarily mimic a foreign person's voice the nearest local adult pulls me aside and tells me its not "nice." Of course later the xeno would ask if I'm from his/her country. The only dialect I have not been able to pick up is that which is spoken in New Jersey, which happens to be where I live.

Yes, I'm very good at this. I am currently working to perfect my Chinese accent, which is something I actually have to learn...weird considering I am Chinese but speak english with an American accent, or British, if i feel like it. I find mimicking the chinese accent quite difficult, actually.