asperger's and accents

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I don't really know. My voice is flat, deep, monotone. When I'm not working there's a Southern elongation of vowel sounds. Working, just flat.

I speak with a pretty stereotypical Mid-Atlantic accent, though I’ve picked up a few features of my father’s Australian accent. My R’s are a lot less rounded than most Americans, and I pronounce ‘been’ the same as ‘bean’. I also say ‘bloody’ a lot, which my friends all say sounds hilarious in my mostly-American accent.

People always ask me which country I come from and then act surprised when they find out the city in which I reside is the city I was born in and spend all my life in.

What accent do people think you have?

I can sound very different across contexts. Usually it's a fairly young-sounding voice, mid to high pitched for an adult female, but when I'm with my counsellor my voice is a lot lower and more monotone - I don't know if that's what my actual, natural voice is. If I am around people with strong accents, I can't help but pick them up and it seems like I'm mocking them but I'm not.

I don't think my accent is anything particularly different. I get told by some people it's posh but honestly, it is only a little bit and that's because my mum came from a private school. It does tend to get more posh when I'm stressed. However, I do tend to switch accent on random words for some reason such as Ireland and have no idea why.

Well this is priceless , class and accent . This explains some of the aweful things , i have lived through. Yes i have been told i talk with some sort of accent . Born and raised a yank , was privately schooled . Have found my vocabulary to be ,what appears to me as exceptional. And others apparently,thought so too . Am quite sure have been mistaken for being snooty . Just by opening my mouth.
Am suppose to have a high i.q. , but am only seeing differences in thought process . And periodically style .striving to fit in have an entire wardrobe of un-snooty lower class appearing clothing .
Its like wearing societal camoflauge . Also have midwestern ozark accent that turns on depending on situation. Find myself mimicking accents quite abit ..So says the pet cats , i have grown up with too.
LOOOLs when i am talking , i use what i think words are most apropriate . And not readily able to dumb down my diction , This has not served me well, Am speaking with high level professionals , whom do not have available vocabulary . That i normally use. Possibly causing predjudice against me by people in power. But inspite of it all will always be appreciating of my early formal schooling.
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^^^you sound talented