My GF Would Like To Ask A Question About Echolalia?

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My GF has asked me to post this question to anyone who has echolalia or knows about it.

She wants to know when you repeat something like a funny noise or a funny quote that you first heard 10 years ago , does it make you giggle and laugh every single time as if it was the first time you heard it or is it the case she is just living with a funny ferret?

We both didn't realise it was considered a stim .

My dad laughs so hard whenever he repeats a quote, even if it is something he says everyday . The things he repeats aren't even funny, but he still gets a kick out of it. I also get very happy and laugh whenever I use echolalia, even though sometimes I forget where it was from! You aren't the only one here, Ferris, sorry!

I nearly have to repeat every animal noise I hear and try to mimic it the best I can , maybe I have Dr Doolittle Syndrome , my GF mother thinks I have , currently she thinks I am a frog whisperer as this frog only appears whenever I am there and today we had a great exchange of croaks , I hope nothing I mimicked was rude

I meow and howl like a wolf on the subway.

I do it, mostly, because it entertains me.

I guess part of it is the acoustics of the subway, though I do it in other places, too.

When I was in high school, I used to sing opera in the subways. That's how it all started.

It's turned to be pretty habitual.

It's part of my Wolfman persona.

Is echolalia something that NT kids do to some extent then grow out of it.

I don't really see it much among "normal" kids above the age of about 8.

What they do, more than true echolalia, is make silly sounds, sing, and make rhymes.

I honestly haven't ever seen neurotypical kids use echolalia past the point when their language is developed. It is common for kids to repeat what you just said (immediate echolalia) when their language is developing. Other than that, I haven't ever heard of neurotypical kids using echolalia. I had echolalia when I was little, and I still do now.

That's true. Around the ages of 2 to 2 1/2, there is the tendency for all verbal children to repeat what was previously said.

To answer op's original question, yes. I like to quote things from sci-fi shows I've seen and I still get the same excited feelings that I feel when I first heard it. [ex. "Shiny" from Firefly, I still get butterfly type feelings in my stomach]