The term 'Aspie'

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03 May 2010, 6:03 pm

AspieForty wrote:

Thanks for the link. I'd read a WP thread on the question, I thought it would translate to English as Ah's Pair-Gur...

I remember lots of online people talking about Heather (America's Next Top Model) and asking why she couldn't pronounce the name of her own syndrome properly. Funny thing is, she was much closer than most Americans I've heard. I get so tired of hearing it mispronounced as "ass burgers", even by the professionals!

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03 May 2010, 6:16 pm

Sparrowrose wrote:

I get so tired of hearing it mispronounced as "ass burgers", even by the professionals!

My Quack pronounced it {Us'-pergers} ! But he is the only one I have ever heard say it that way, perhaps his accent (slightly Spanish). Most refer to the common pronunciation, {Ass - pergers'}

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03 May 2010, 6:37 pm

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I get so tired of hearing it mispronounced as "ass burgers", even by the professionals!

My Quack pronounced it {Us'-pergers} ! But he is the only one I have ever heard say it that way, perhaps his accent (slightly Spanish). Most refer to the common pronunciation, {Ass - pergers'}

{ass' bergers} is far more common than {ass pergers'}, which is why the ass burgers comments. The first time someone asked me about ass burgers, I was really confused because my doctor calls it {ahs' pergers} so I had no context for ass burgers and was really confused.

You can tell that most people pronounce the 'p' as a 'b' because that's such a common misspelling: Asperger's or I've also seen asbpergers.

We don't change the pronounciation of other doctor's names when we say the name of the syndrome named after them. I know we folks with autism "think differently" but turning a founding doctor's name into an obscenity was perhaps not the best idea.

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03 May 2010, 6:46 pm

Looks like pronounciation has been discussed here before:
http://www.wrongplanet.net/postt74933.html

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03 May 2010, 6:47 pm

For me, the word "Aspie" is easy to say, sounds good to the ear, and works well.

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03 May 2010, 6:58 pm

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For me, the word "Aspie" is easy to say, sounds good to the ear, and works well.

It sounds like "ass pee" to my ear. Which might be worse than "ass burger." Ass pee sounds like diarrhea.

I like the sound of "autie", though. (Don't care for the term for the same reason I don't care for aspie, but I like the sound.)

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03 May 2010, 7:14 pm

asmomma wrote:

I like the term. To me it seems friendly and informal. However, others have indicated that it's not a term they like, and for various reasons. One even went so far as to compare it to calling a mentally handicapped person a ret*d.

How do you guys feel about it? I don't want to use it if people find it offensive.

I don't like it. I tend to not like nouns that end in y or ie, nor do I like popular culture type terms.

And besides, it sounds like a breed of dog for gods sakes.

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03 May 2010, 8:46 pm

Sparrowrose wrote:

It sounds like "ass pee" to my ear. Which might be worse than "ass burger." Ass pee sounds like diarrhea.

Classic! We can add new verses to that old schoolyard song :::When you're feelin' overwhelmed, and your brain is melting down::: Diarrhea!

Sparrowrose wrote:

I like the sound of "autie", though. (Don't care for the term for the same reason I don't care for aspie, but I like the sound.)

But won't 'Autie' make people think you're talking about your belly button?

Or your car...

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03 May 2010, 8:59 pm

Willard wrote:

But won't 'Autie' make people think you're talking about your belly button? :P

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Or your car... :?

Audi.

I tend not to slur my words that strongly.

And here I thought people might confuse it with "aught-y" and think I was saying "zero-y" or "nothing-y"

Or maybe "Ought-y" and think I was saying it's a person who ought to do something.

I like that it rhymes with "naughty." A friend used to call herself the naughty autie.

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04 May 2010, 12:34 am

For me, it's the mental image and the stereotypes the word "Aspie" conjures up, and people treating me based on those. I find it patronising, and it feels like they are treating me like a disorder and not an individual. Don't get me wrong though, I'm not ashamed that I have Asperger's, I just don't want to be treated any differently because of it.

So, to summarize, I personally don't like the term "Aspie" and wouldn't use it in reference to myself or anybody else, but I have no problem with others using it if they choose to do so. I wouldn't be offended or take it personally if somebody called me an "Aspie", but I would appreciate it if they didn't.

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04 May 2010, 7:25 am

asmomma wrote:

I like the term too. Aspie is not a ret*d.

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