Typical Aspergers Speech Patterns

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I am HFA however i have a friend who has Aspergers and also a friends son as well.
I have noticed that with Aspergers some seem to have specific typical speech patterns of speech to themselves.

I don't really know what the term is to call it, does anyone know what the term is called for it?

Formal/stilted. Lack of flexibility to adapt to the proper flow of a conversation.

I have NLD and another autism spectrum disorder but also have these same speech patterns. I don't think they're specific to Asperger's but probably have to do with damage to the right brain. When I did visual-spatial exercises and took BDNF stimulants, my tempo, prosody, and flexibility improved.

it is frustrating for me, to not be able to consistently meter my speech- either soo singsong or too monotonic, too soft or too loud, too fast or too slow, too high or too low, never in the sweet spot for more than a moment.

Unusual prosody?

IOW, read my description above your original post, that describes it to a Tee.

Yeah, I was just suggesting this was what this trait is called for OP.

I would love to be able to play around with my speech and use different intonation but I have formal / monotone speech. If I try to change it in any way no one knows where I come from and they say there is a bit of everything in your voice / accent.

you took the words right outta my mouth.

I'm often too loud or just mumble where no one can hear me.

I've never asked anyone if I was monotone, but I imagine that I might be.

i sound like a cross between lee marvin and bill gates.

Pedantic?

Thank you guys for trying to help me figure this out.
My friend (adult with aspergers) his speech pattern is not stilted or pedantic
maybe it's hurried, that would have to do with prosody yet it seems his prosody of speaking is soley to him...?


My young friend's son is 9, his speech is more Pedantic, he's obviously Aspergers, his reading is off the charts, he's very intelligent, however in the social area of course he is being picked on my peers. He loves reading and a lot of the time there are patterns to his speech when conversating with him. This is likely a problem in school as well as with peers. He's repetitive with his words asking the same things over and over same tone. Yet when it's a subject like Pokemon he likes, he can rattle on about it. He really needs to be tested, his parents are neglectful i help the kids as much as i can, they have a almost 2 year old who i constantly smile at so he can get mirror neurons and hopefully be ok.

My adult friend is the one whose speech patterns maybe it's the prosody, i don't know if there's an exact term for it. I just can't really describe it. My own speech prosody isn't perfect so i'm not one to talk, i am just interested in seeing if there are patterns.

Do you think damage to the right brain has caused some Aspergers symptoms or Aspergers itself?
There have been others who have posted on here that have spectrum symptoms after having a brain injury, seizure, or stroke, it makes me wonder how often this can happen. The brain is so complex...

Pendantic? (but that presumes negative connotations, like deliberately being pretentious)

On my medical records, my psychologists/psychiatrists have noted that my speech is monotone, pedantic, "significantly tangential," and unusual.

Oh, and my "highly unusual use of language" serves to further "alienate me from my peers."

Never knew I talked so funny.

I can talk quite formally when I talk normally and I am not messing around with my voice but people just think I sound posh or stuck up.

I do have a tendency to talk too fast and too loud at times though (people think I am shouting when I am not) so I do have to try and keep the volume and speed down when talking.

What I will tend to do is use words like 'one' to describe myself and say things like "would you like a beverage" instead of asking people if they would like a drink. Again people just think I sound snooty.

Other than that I think my speech is normal.

But then even with socialising I am better at reading tone of voice than other things. I can rely on tone of voice more than anything else when reading a situation, even with movies. I tend to know what is happening without even looking at the screen by the sound effects, tone of actors voice and soundtrack. Most of the time I don't look at the screen I just listen.