Do you have an "Aspie accent"?

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I don't think I,so much,have that-For one thing,living an California but having grown up 35 miles to the north of New York City,I sort of,especially if I am eor manic,sort of speak in a more WASP variation of what I guess might be called the "Noo Yawk" accent-at least to folks on America's West Coast !

What's an "Aspie accent"?

I've been told I have an accent by a few people, but I think it's just the very faint remnants of a childhood speech impediment. People outside of the Midwest might be hearing more of an actual accent.

accents are colliquial, they don't come about because of neurology.

I think we tend to have certain speech mannerisms but that differs from accents.

I have read somewhere that not only speech style (pedantic speech) but speach accent may be altered.

I'm often asked if I'm a New Zealander (I was born and raised localy to where I live, QLD Australia).

I suspect accent might not be common, therefore not mentioned in the diagnositc criterea, but I'm sure I've seen it mentioned somewhere before.

I am from oregon and only lived in oregon.
but people say I have a southern accent.

people often have a hard time understanding what i'm saying/think i said one thing when i meant another... that count?

I recognize "Aspie Accents" - not everyone with AS has them, but a good portion of the people I know do. It depends on the person but these come in all different forms.

Basically, it means that your voice is a little different from others. I know a few people who enunciate their words very clearly which comes out sort of like a slight British accent. Another person I know speaks in a flowing voice that makes her sound like she is reading a script. I know another person who constantly uses a tone of voice that makes her sound like she is frustrated or angry, even when she isn't. I know others who are monotone and speak in a serious voice, even when they are happy.

I had a monotone voice as a kid and had formal, "little professor-like" speech. I continue to have formal speech at times, though I am better at recognizing when I do this and correct this whenever I can.

Yeah, I have a somewhat stilted tone to my voice. I quite like it.

I have a different accent to everyone else in my family, I always assumed it was because I moved around a lot as a child but my siblings don't sound like me.

Yep, I've got it. People I meet never believe I'm from Texas.

I had a good Boston accent as a child. The problem was that I didn't live in, grow up in, had relatives from or even visited Boston or Massachusetts as a child. No idea where I got the accent from?

I did go to college in Boston so at least I sounded right then.

People think from the east or from Australia. Very few think England. But when I was in London, I got asked several times if I am American. Finally my location was correct lol. America is all full of different accents so even here people think I am from the east but it's still America.

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...You did get to I suppose full-fleged "go to college" anyway. I didn't .














quote="Cash__"]I had a good Boston accent as a child. The problem was that I didn't live in, grow up in, had relatives from or even visited Boston or Massachusetts as a child. No idea where I got the accent from?

I did go to college in Boston so at least I sounded right then.[/quote]