How verbal are you?

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I find I can be very articulate and funny when I am comfortable with someone and in a quiet alone situation. Or especially when writing. Because these give me time to think undistracted. But in public places I tend to become a wallflower, rather observant. Or sometimes I just get into a silent mood. I hate it when people ask me what's wrong, and there isn't anything wrong. XD
Anyways, how verbal are you?
Oh and also do you ever use simple noises or expressions instead of speaking? I often tend to just point or even use just my eyes, or nod/shake my head silently. And with my family (who I guess I am most behaviorally comfortable with) my verbal skills tend to slip, my sentences become a bit lamer, and sometimes I will make noises rather than words. I know it seems wierd! But it's true! Like my mom said she would take me to the mall the other day, and I was very happy because she never wants to take me out, so my instinct was to let out a trilly purr and leap onto the treadmill and off again. I know that seems very wierd, I am never like that in public. XD So am I just a freak or do you ever do stuff like that?
Oh and one last question. How often do you mimic things? Sometimes I find I will just quietly mimic something said, or repeat it in my head. I also tend to adopt peer's mannerisms and facial expressions without realizing it. I even mimic animal gestures, if I particularly like that sort of animal (yes I do growl if someone is an a**hole, but low enough not to be heard. And did you know crows dance when happy? I had a pet crow for a while, guess where my happy dance came from XD)

I am very verbal.

Sometimes, too verbal. Othertimes, not nearly verbal enough.

im verbal, but i hate ordering food at restruants. i usually have someone else do it
i guess you could say im a picky talker

I'm a very verbal person when I'm with my friends, bordering on being verbose.

Less and less as time goes by.

Im not very verbal I can talk but i don't feel comfortable talking.

It depends who I'm with. If I'm with family or close friends, I'm fairly verbal. I generally don't talk as much as the average Joe, and in some conversations that really don't interest me, I'm reduced to saying the odd witticism or wisecrack and not much else.

With strangers I'm as verbal as I have to be. I know that sounds a bit rude, but I'll do just as much trivial small talk as I have to.

With some people - usually 'friends' who I don't know very well and don't have much in common with - I'm very quiet.

I don't like ordering at restaurants either.

The phone is the worst, though. I'm terrible on the phone. I make a phone call maybe somewhere between once a week and once a month. Pick up the phone about as often.. And half the time, end up just hanging up.

If it is a new place, or people I don't know very well, I tend to be quiet at first, until I get it all figured out.

When around family members, I am quite vocal, but when we were kids, we had to use this primitive sort of lingo with my severely autistic sister. She understood words, but sometimes we used odd sounds that only had meaning to her.

Yes, all the time. If safely alone, I mimic the air conditioner, the refrigerator, blinking lights, my cat (as a result, she is very vocal) and noises that I hear outside. Sometimes I find myself imitating my cat when I get nervous; licking my lips twice, very quickly, then swallowing, sitting very still and listening intently to sounds. Weird, huh?

Very.

My parents claimed I was inocculated with a phonograph needle.

ruveyn

Don't most people meow back at cats?
I meow at Cara all the time.. It's just a response, I think. What else am I supposed to do? Well, pet her if she wants to be pet. But she might nip at me. Unless I'm on the toilet. For some reason, she wants attention whenever somebody is on the toilet.

Verbal and other speech parts topic

I hold nothing back, but I watch how I say it.

selective mute.

Yes, me too. If I feel comfortable I will be very talkative. If I've decided that I don't give a darn what anyone else thinks in the situation, I will go into overdrive being myself with the intent of scaring everyone off. If I'm uncomfortable but not to that point, I say almost mothing.

I make a couple of noises I learned from my cat, but for the most part I keep those noises for communication between my wife and myself.


I mimic regional accents in both spoken word and in music. I'm quite good at it. If I'm at home by myself, I dance around to music in my head in no particular fashion. It would definitely look bizarre to an onlooker.

I always meow back at cats... and sometimes people I meow at my husband until he tells me to stop because it's weird