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someone thought I had an accent of some kind. I have no idea what they were talking about.

I talk a little non-rhotically . People ask where I am from a lot if they don't know me. My tone really depends on my mood. I could record a speech on something I'm interested in and be VERY commanding. Or I could do a completely monotonous radio-PSA-sounding voice.

My voice hasn't changed much at all since I was a kid, for some odd reason. So I probably sound a bit like a snobby child.
Definitely don't sound posh, though. I hate my NZ accent, for some reason to me it just sounds like a "dumb accent".

I'm not at all racist, this is just on the spectrum of what annoys me to bits, but the Maori accent drives me up the wall. It isn't just Maori that speak like that either, plenty of white people from New Zealand, particularly men, speak with this awful slang. I think it originates from various parts of the country that are still very cultural. It is NZ's version of American gangster drivel.

Does anyone care? Nope.

Pfft, life would be boring if we all spoke like the Queen. I have friends and family who use a broad pseudo-Maori dialect like you describe. I do as well, when I'm with them. But I use a more neutral dialect when I am in an academic context.

I grew up working class in the country in a small town in Australia and so I probably shouldn't sound 'well spoken' but when I worked in seasonal labour with backpackers I was usually the only Australian who spoke clearly enough for Koreans and Germans etc to understand. Some of them would try to get me to practice their English with them

I was born in australia and have never left, a few of my co workers are Indian and have quite often asked me where I was born... They seem honestly surprised when I say here in Australia!

they were the earliest children's toys with a computer chip in 'em that were educational aids, to help little kids get their feet in the door of speaking and spelling correctly. the "voice" of the speak-and-spell machine was of a reedy-voiced baritone male with very mechanical inflections.
(clicky!)wiki about speak and spell machine

Only a monotone for me.

Perhaps there is an Asperger's accent, although almost every Aspie I know has a local accent or one that'd be expected to match with their cultural background. I however definitely have an autist accent myself, so I know a minority of Aspies have that sort of voice.

SilkySifaka: People tend to think I am from the Highlands too. Then again, people think a lot of other places as well.

When I hear recordings of my voice, I think I sound a little like Bill Gates. A while back, a coworker asked where I was from. He was shocked to find out that I grew up 15 miles away--he thought I was from New York or someplace on the East Coast (I'm not).

Some girls asked me where I was from when I was visiting my aunt in another part of town. I didn't know what they were talking about, so I said "Hoover," which is a neighborhood about 10 miles away. They looked confused and one said, "Yeah, but what state?"

I learned reading from phonics when I was little, before I had a chance to develop an accent, so I tend to sound like I'm reading aloud when I talk.

People say this about me too! I had a phone interview for a job recently and they told me to not read off a piece of paper and that I sounded like I'd overly prepared for it , and I was making it up as I go along!

I don't know if I have AS, and if I do it's just really mild.

But people have asked me several times if I have an accent and where I'm from. These are people from the same region of California that I grew up in.

I do pronounce words strangely sometimes--but it's more like a tic and not a steady thing. I'd be interested to hear what an AS accent sounds like.

People have had trouble catching my name, because they didn't hear the "r". And then, I remember once trying to get ahold of "Merle" on the phone and the person kept thinking I was saying "Mo." But she might have just been hard of hearing or something.

Yeah. I once went to summer camp in california and there were many people of many ethnicities there. When I went back to Taiwan my teachers were like "Jamie, what's wrong with your english? Why do you sound Mexican, Russian, French, American, and British at the same time?"

you sound like one of those talented types who can pick up accents like other people pick up colds.

If you have an autist accent, accent racism is an unfortunate problem that may occur.