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PunkyKat
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| I think I was obsessed with cats and animals from the womb. I'm 21 now and I don't see it stopping anytime soon. |
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katrine
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:50 pm Post subject: |
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| 2ukenkerl wrote: |
It is just that I saw "praying matices" and thought "praying mantises".
og Jeg ved at De(eller Du) er Dansker!
Dansk er ogsa ikke min erste sprog. 8-( |
ha ha ha!!!
Hvad er dit første sprog? Og det var vandrende pinde (wandering sticks = praying mantises) |
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2ukenkerl
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 7:15 pm Post subject: |
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| katrine wrote: | | 2ukenkerl wrote: |
It is just that I saw "praying matices" and thought "praying mantises".
og Jeg ved at De(eller Du) er Dansker!
Dansk er ogsa ikke min erste sprog. 8-( |
ha ha ha!!!
Hvad er dit første sprog? Og det var vandrende pinde (wandering sticks = praying mantises) |
Min første sprog er Engelsk. Jeg har en danske tante.
I'm sorry, but I haven't really spoken Danish for a LONG time. I learned it around 1988.  After I learned it, I called up my uncle in denmark and said "Kan Du gaette wem Jeg er?" He said "Nej.". Sadly though, it DOES succumb a bit to my German. The accent is distinctly Danish though, and I say I went to københavn.
BTW, Walking sticks ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasmatodea ) here are very different from praying mantises ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Praying_mantis ). |
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katrine
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 2:31 am Post subject: |
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| Du klarer dig fint! Jeg er meget imponerede. Du må være dygtig til sprog hvis du kan snakke så meget dansk! |
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2ukenkerl
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 6:28 am Post subject: |
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| katrine wrote: | | Du klarer dig fint! Jeg er meget imponerede. Du må være dygtig til sprog hvis du kan snakke så meget dansk! |
Mange tak! |
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jaleb
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My 7 year old with AS is completely obsessed with dinosaurs, has been every since he was 3 (or longer if you count Barney!). He knows details about them that even his teachers at school don't know. Last year he teacher let him help teach a lesson about them. He is also obsessed with just regular animals of all kinds. The things he can tell you about them kis amazing! And he shows no signs of any of these interests going away!
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BigK
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When I was 8 I had only had one special interest. Football. Don't think I cared about anything else.
This faded a bit around 11 and music took over a bit later . When I was about 18 American football and martial arts took over.
For the last 13 or so years it has been computers and programming. Which is handy as it pays the mortgage.
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Programmer
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| cinnamonbun wrote: | | recently, i took him to lunch. and he talked about transformers the whole time. he'll talk with me as if i've remembered everything he's ever told me about transformers. which of course, i don't. |
One of the programmer / Aspie conversation rules is that conversations never end. It is perfectly acceptable to resume a conversation months later with the same person. Think of it as a saved state. It is a good sign that your son is very smart. Which means he will have a much easier time compensating.
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katrine
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| Pleased to hear this, as my son does the same thing - only he talks about pokemon. Every Saturday we go for a walk, and he picks up where we left off the week before! |
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LarissaM
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Thanks for all of the replies.  |
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FatherOfTwo
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my 4 year old son is obsessed with music. he was playing a harmonica at 6-8 months of age, by age three he could make real notes on a trumpet and play some short things on piano. He just finished his first real semester of violin class and is WAY better than the other 4-5 year olds. I can't figgure how he picks the stuff up so fast as he doesnt ever look at his teacher. I suspect he has perfect pitch. He can figgure out any of his violin songs on piano and recorder also pretty quick. He also has, guitar, banjo, dulcimer, and various 'kids' percussion instruments that he just plays around with. Although, even though he is gifted at music, it may be an aspergers thing, but sometimes he is more interested in looking at instruments and books about instruments than he is playing them. And he always has to arrange his instruments the way he sees them depicted in a book or catalog.
he is also obsessed with safety, particularily car safety and child seats. |
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PunkyKat
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| You mean there other topics aside from zoology? |
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2ukenkerl
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| katrine wrote: | | Pleased to hear this, as my son does the same thing - only he talks about pokemon. Every Saturday we go for a walk, and he picks up where we left off the week before! |
I stopped doing that so much in highschool.
I used to do that ALL THE TIME though. Sometimes YEARS LATER I start where I left off! |
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lostsock
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| Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Thomas Trains (Trains in general), and babies. |
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tracytoon
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In the beginning, it was flashlights. We had a large trunk full of them. Couldn't go anywhere without buying a new flashlight when he was very small. When he was a toddler, he took things apart. The phone, the dishwasher.
It was insects next--he bcame quite knowledgeable. Later it was marine life--again, he could lecture on the subject of various types of jellyfish.
These days, he is a complete Star Trek aficionado. He has the technical manuals, he knows the ships.....he's also quite proficient with robotics and the computer. |
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