has any one ever done this?

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Last night a guy came to my door and complained about my airconditioner leaking water on to his front balcony.
The first thing he said was "Im from downstairs" and as soon as he said it I repeated the words back to him "Im from downstairs". I was surprised that I did that and it was completely spontaneous and beyond my ability to control it. Come to think of it I have done that before a few times. I know I was stressed because I wasnt expecting him and its just the way I reacted.
Is this an aspie trait that others in here have?

OK, it might sound a bit strange to an NT but our aspie brains do the odd thing now and again. I wouldn't worry too much about it, he was probably more concerned about the water.

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haha true. He did give me a strange look but then just carried on about how he has to mop his balcony. Hey I was cleaning it for him for free!

It's called echolalia. You repeat the last part of the question. Common autistic trait.

At least you don't say 'good' when you hear something terrible. That's messed up and that's what my brain thinks.

Thanks for the insight. Its amazing that the weird things I do actually have a name attached to it.
Wow yeh that would be a little embarrasing...although you could quickly follow up with the word 'grief'

Why didn't he just put a plant under it?

Once in a while. I always mimic people in small ways without even realizing it but I'm usually able to control it. I definitely pissed my older sister off last year by laughing exactly like her(she has a notoriously weird laugh) and then using one of her phrases, which is "basically", said in a slow stoner voice when she's explaining or agreeing with something. LOL, we weren't even very close before but she stopped talking to me after that. I sounded EXACTLY like her but I did NOT mean to do that, it cam out of nowhere.

So it gets me in trouble from time to time, usually I just use imitations to make people laugh though.

I was waiting for a dramatic climax: and then I hopped into bed with him...

I do draw a blank a lot in those situations. The correct answer tends to come to me about 30-45 minutes later. In an ideal (to me) world, I'd tell him that I'd answer the question in an hour and shut the door. However, having lived alone, I've found that NTs seem to lack the social skills to deal with that response.

hA HA! Hillarious! how embaressing! But I too doubt he thought much about it!

I copy accents, speech imprediments, some gestures etc.
Stammering people HATE me as I stammer back at them- that's awful as it seems SO rude. I know this is part of Asperger's, but I'm not sure if it's part of echolia or not. (Quick wiki-) yes, it appears so.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echolalia

copying gestures-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echopraxia

I also did the classic thing of reading books on body language to learn how to be around other people, and have eye contact; 'mirroring' someone's body language (to flirt/be friends) or appear dominent is useful.

I did a lot more of my aspie traits when i was younger. I guess along the way i learned my 'coping skills' just to try and be normal and fit in. I didnt know what aspergers was. I only found out what autism is all about only a few years ago when my son was dx'd. But now i know, im much happier in myself and am relaxing a little. Those coping skills are dissapearing but i dont think its a bad thing. To finally relax and be myself us very liberating to me

i used to stutter really bad. Dont worry im not offended haha. I actually think thats kinda funny. You know you may be actually helping them because its been shown that the best way to cure a stutter is to talk with the person that is stuttering and almost try and say what they say at the same time.