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03 Aug 2013, 12:02 am

vickygleitz wrote:
Assburgers? People gotta stop making "South Park" their major source of information.
LOL!! ! I hear that all the time too!



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03 Aug 2013, 12:03 am

KingdomOfRats wrote:
Tequila wrote:
My dad pronounces it "Aurrr-tistic".

He's an eejit.

thats all t'lancs accents furr yehh. :wink:

unknown to them its a bit of a compliment if they call someone whose autistic artistic, theyre clearly thinking the person is a talented individual and an asset to society and not thinking of their disability.
That is a really good point! :)



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03 Aug 2013, 7:16 am

skibum wrote:
Is it just me or does anyone else get irritated when people pronounce the word "Autistic" just like the word "Artistic"? I don't know why that irritates me especially since I don't pronounce words correctly 100% of the time. But for some reason it kind of does. Anyone else?

I also don't like when people use bad grammar. I do sometimes so I should not judge others harshly but I don't know why it bothers me. Does that bother anyone else?


When I first saw the film "Rainman", and heard the word Autistic, I thought they were saying Artistic - I was only about 10 and it confused the hell of me...til my mum cleared it up for me


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03 Aug 2013, 5:44 pm

Its not as irritating as the way Americans pronounce Aspergers Syndrome 'Ausbergers'. WHY! LOL