is there such a thing as an aspie way of talking?

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a fellow aspie once told me we accentuate words differently. also there's a dull voice. i know mine is rather dull after hearing it on tape recorder once or twice.

we can accentuate the end of the word that neurotypicals would accentuate the start. like the word 'different.'

Yeah, too much about something only we are interested in.

I am not sure what part of word I accent but I tend to hear only the 2nd part of what someone says to me and I often have to ask for repeating.
People tell me I have "foreigner's accent" though. I wonder if it is due to my AS or I simply spend too much time on foreign forums (about 80% of time when I read/write something I do it in English).

I've had people telling me that I talk too fast when I get excited and when I'm talking about my special interest.
But I've seen NTs doing that too, so I don't think it's an aspie thing.

I noted I tend to separate syllables sometimes - like the word animals. People generally pronounce that "anamls," whereas I would pronounce it "an-ee-mals." Same with the word listens. People generally pronounce that "lisns," whereas I would say "lis-ens." I assumed this was overcompensation for speech difficulties - I made sure to enunciate properly and just went too far.

Yeah some people have a monotonous voice or pronounce words like the 'Queens English'. Some girls have a voice that sounds younger or like singing with too much intonation.

Yes.

There's a different prosody to the Aspie voice - the rhythm/flow/pitch changes. Mine used to be much more pronounced than it is now. I attribute the improvement to the diet/probiotic treatment protocol I follow that's dramatically improved all symptoms. I haven't consciously tried to alter the prosody of my voice - but I know it sounds much more normal than an old voicemail greeting of mine I listened to a few times in the past. It's still Aspie prosody, though.

Also, we tend to have very formal vocabularies.

I wondered about that, I assumed I'm just well-read, but people often tell me I speak strangely with archaic words thrown in, and assume it's an affectation.