asperger's and accents

Post Reply New Topic

I've been thought of as being American, British and Australian.... although i'm not from an English-speaking country (Denmark)...

From since I was small I was brought up speaking a regional dialect of Danish called something to the tune of Southern Jutlandish (Sønderjysk) which is grammatically similar to English, but also spoken quite fluently and fast compared to other Danish dialects...

As I grew up and started learning English, it was mostly from TV, thus I got more or less of an American accent, but enough to be considered an American when I moved to Australia in '99 even though I have never been to the US . As time went on and I was exposed to Australian accents every day at school, my accent started to change into the standard Australian accent you hear everywhere down there

As for the British accent... well I dunno how I picked up that one, I guess from TV and teachers (had a British English teacher in 10th grade)... I usually speak with a British accent when joking...

Mostly though, I speak with a mix of American and Australian accents...

Yes! Wow!
My whole life I've had a weird accent that noone's ever been able to determine, most people think it's either Polish or Irish.
And I have a habit of very quickly and unintentionally picking up the accent and mannerisms of anyone I observe or hold a conversation with.
I've only recently found out that I have Asperger's so this is revelatory.

I have the accent of center Italy (though i always lived and i still live in north Italy).
Last days i've seen and interview of a person that live in center italy, and it seemed to hear myself speaking.
When i went to school teacher asked me if i was from Tuscany because of my tuscan accent. Some people though i was french because of my way to pronunce the letter R.

I have a rather posh Dublin accent (posh irish is reminicent of american californian accent to me), though I grew up and live in a very working class area with strong working class accents, I used to get teased cause I had an out of place accent they'll use anything against you.

My accent changes an awful lot.

I usually fake a Canadian accent though. So people will understand me better. Even with that I have a very noticable accent within that accent.

I'm from the North East of the UK, so I should sound Gordie, but I sound like I'm from oxford or something I really don't like my accent, it makes me sound like a posh prick lol.

I speak high German without any accent, even though my parents both have a small but distinct Berlin dialect. I can speak most german dialects with ease, and could even fool native speakers of that accent into believing I was also. Like I already wrote in another thread, languages and especially dialects come rather easy to me. My default accent when speaking English is definitely British, allthough I can speak English with a wide array of faked accents like Japanese, Indian or French.

Hopefully this should work.

My Accent <- Click to download sound file.

People will ask me if I'm from England, Australia, or Canada all the time, but I live in the US! XD But if I speak Japanese for a few minutes, then speak English again, I'll have a Japanese accent for a few seconds. It's weird.

as a foreigner living in England, it all depends on my anxiety level. If I'm relaxed, many people think I'm British, although they cannot locate from where. When I'm in a stressfull situation, my language deteriorates immensely... Many then think I'm German (which I'm not).

My accent is a very common western american accent (as in the one most Americans speak with. Do not interpret West as "wild west" or Texas), and it's no different from anyone else's. I do however say "Muh" when i'm supposed to pronounce "Ma", and almost always say Mum and not Mom when I address my mother.

I have a sort of robotic voice. I guess I would call it an Aspie accent! lol I sound almost British because I am much more articulate than the average American. But it is obviously not a British accent. You may have a similar voice to me, as a robotic voice is a sign of Asperger's, so people may find your voice sort of like they find mine.

I noticed that when i speak norwegian, after my italian pronunce improves a bit for few minutes.

I naturally have a Manchester accent that 's kind of rough but a lot less filthy than the way the scallies I grew up with speak. My normal accent isn't different from the way my parents speak.

I have messed around with bits of other accents because I liked people who had them. I don't do it consciously. I just end up talking like people I like.

i've always been told i have a slightly posher accent than people from the same place as me. even when i was younger and have never lived anywhere else, so i have no idea where it caame from:/
of course when i did live somewhere else they thought i was common as muck. can't win!

The member of my family who has ASD is always being asked where she comes from. Usually it's "Are you from Australia?" or "Are you from Canada?" She is from Yorkshire!! She is often singled out as being posh which annoys her!