Not knowing the names of 'everyday things'? How cover up?

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I will usually try to remember. You could say your mind slipped if that hapens. I have had those experiences. If you are forgetful once in a while people will be tolerant of you, even if it is silver ware, spoons, etc.

Yes, I am afflicted by "tip of the tongue" often. I'm the only one of my siblings that has this problem as bad as I do. There is no way to cover it up. I just have to stop in the middle of my sentence and explain what the word means or what the object does or looks like. It can be frustrating, especially if I've planned the sentence out and just knew the word a few minutes ago.

Even typing this can happen, not as often as it does when I speak. I have to google the meaning or phrases until I find or remember the word.

Yes, I also have problems with pronunciation. And also that particular problem with pronunciation that you described here.

Family and friend seem to like correcting me and it's annoying because I won't usually pick up the correction.

I both don't know the names of basic things most people seem to pick up well and I also sometimes have trouble finiding the word I'm looking for. It's a major hinderance when I'm trying to express myself as I see it in my mind and I suddenly go blank on an item name on top of trying to go two sentences without pausing with an "Um..."

I'm horrible at pronunciation as well. I know many more words than I can say. It irritates me when people laugh and giggle over my mispronunciation.

I have three things that can cause that problem:

1. Forgetting the name of the object.

2. Forgetting how to say the name of the object.

3. Forgetting how to talk.

If the problem is 1, I describe the object. (For example, a wallet would be "The thing with money in".) If the problem is 2, if I can, I point to the object and say "that thing". (If I can't do so, I wave my hands in a vaguely descriptive manner until I get my words back.). If it is 3, I wait, as I never forget how to talk for more than a few seconds at a time.

Hey Krex I often have to spell a word that I can't pronounce that's in my reading vocabulary. I get embarassed about that in that people may think I'm stupid. So the problems the posters have with word memory has struck a chord with me.

I have that problem. I end up asking my mother how to pronounce something quite often, but sometimes I still slip up and someone corrects me. I pronounce words like they look, not how they're supposed to be said. I read far more than I speak, and people don't tend to use a large amount of words in everyday conversation, so I'm unawareo f how they should be said.

I still don't know how to pronounce particularly. I think I might be adding in an extra l in there somewhere when I say it.

My dad is a research psychologist. He has this problem (as does everyone in the family) and he has investigated the research on it. For a while, it was one of his favorite things to talk about. (That was in the 90's, so the information may be a bit dated).

He said that people who use their minds more actively, especially for memorization, essentially use up more "brain space" (for lack of a better term to describe complex physiology). Therefore things get "pushed aside" in the brain to make room for all the new information. For many people, this makes it harder to recall every day words like "spatula" - the brain is basically being told that other information, the subject of study, is more important.

Based on this explanation, it would make sense that aspies would commonly have this problem because we tend to obsess over a subject and memorize a lot of information, or do a lot of introspectove thinking in general, as opposed to other activities (such as socializing) which use different brain areas and therefore do not affect word recall.

Happens to me all the time. I know the names for everything, but I just can't seem to come up with it a lot of the time. I usually just say 'that thing' and motion my hands like I'm using it. It gets the point across most of the time.

The worst thing is when I forget what I'm going to say in the middle of a sentence. Lately I've just been letting it go and saying stuff like 'nope, it's gone.'

That is one of my new favorite mantras.

Thanks for the info evilkim...that actually "feels" like what is happening. I imagine access to the internet accounts for my increased problem with this issue. I gues it is a good thing that I try to avoid "stuipid information" like what Paris Hiltons dogs name is....to bad I actually know her name...those were a couple of brain cells I wont be able to use for real information

I was working on an airplane one time, totally caught up in the job I was doing. I realized I needed a tool and turned to the guy working next to me.

"Do you have a coarse grabbing tool?" I said.

He stopped what he was doing. "A coarse grabbing tool?" he said, "No, I sure don't... I've got pliers, you think they might work?"

I tend to forget people's name and that's more concerning. I don't know. We are so inmerse in complicated questions...

I sometimes have the problem that I know the name in one language (I am bilingual) but I cannot remember the word in the other language. Really annoying, and most of the times it is a everyday thing!

I have a good vocabulary, but I get brain f*rts when it comes to some common, everyday objects. There are also words I remember from my first language (German) far easier than I remember the English words, although English overtook German as my dominant language when I was six years old.

My most HATED behaivor trait!! ! I do the same thing and it annoys me to death!! ! Uhh that thing!! ! I then try to remember what I was talking about. Another behavior I dislike is forgetting stuff like I have to stop to remember what I was going to do like I might go into my room then say OH YA I was going to do the dishes!! ! ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!! !! !! !! !! !

Wow, I thought I was the only one. In my case, it's road names. Whenever people give me directions, they give me road names. I know the area but not the road names.