Are strange accents part of Asperger's?

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I'm not sure if this is really an accent, but a lot of people say a have a rather deep voice for a girl. People sometimes make fun of me because of it.

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I pronounce some words weird. It could be because I picked them up from people who pronounce them different. I pick up accents very easily. My intonation also keeps changing a lot. Not like people notice the change in intonation anyway. They say I sound robotic.

I talk too fast. People have asked me if I'm from New York, but a friend listened closely to me and analyzed, and he said that my words are all pronounced same old SEKansas way, just faster. I can slow down if I think about it and am careful, but I can't think about speed and about what I'm saying at the same time. So reading the lesson aloud in church, or playing a part I know so well I can say it cold, I'm a "normal" speed.

I speak with a BBC accent and always have, despite the fact that none of my family do. They speak with a, for lack of a better word 'low class' accent. Heavy use of double negatives, little/no elocution, t and g dropping, 'aint', etc, etc.

My mum has often said she hasn't got a clue why I speak like that.

One of the few people I've met who have a legitimate diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome, was always being teased and harassed by kids (even those younger than him) about being ret*d and "gay". He did have the stereotypical "gay lisp". Even before he told me he had AS, I always suspected he was on the spectrum. I was watching a video on you tube about AS and the narrator had a voice like Jaleel White's infamous character, Steve Irkle. I personally wish I had an Irish accent.

I have been told, several times, that I have an unusual accent. A doctor asked if I was from another area, elsewhere in the country (Sweden), due to my accent sounding alike it, except not really like it, anyway. I figure this has to do with that I just choose various ways of speaking that I prefer the most. I do the same with English. I also invent words for where it's desperately needed, although I do it in a manner that others can understand, and hopefully also pick up on.

For me its more like a complete lack of an accent. I was born and raised in East Tennessee, my family all having distinctly Southern accents for the most part. At every job I would always get asked where I was from by co-workers, or the classic "You ain't from around here, are ya?" from customers. My natural voice is lacking in accent, but with a little bit of observation I can typically mimic any accent almost perfectly. I get told frequently I have a voice made for radio.

I talk with a strong Yorkshire accent; this is where I live and was born. I do however change my accent depending where in the area I am and have been told by many people that my accent is the strongest Yorkshire accent people have ever heard.

wow.. I have been told i have an accent from childhood.. but not one people can identify with,, a person who just met me from an online chat said I have an accent but he cant place it, another verification of aspergers. interesting

In my head and also out loud I said American pronunciations sometimes rather than British. Eg. Words like military in u.s is mil-eh-terry sort of and in British is more like mil-eh-tree. That's a lot of American tv and films for you.