goldfish21 wrote:
I use slang, but I definitely have the ASD traits of having a formal vocabulary and articulate speech.
Sometimes people ask me what my parents do for a living as they're expecting to hear doctor/lawyer/engineer/accountant etc - some sort of professional job - all due to the way I speak.
It's rarely caused me any problems. It may have been a social turnoff to some people and I'm unaware of it.
I used to cop a lot of flak over talking too formally. I used to work in a factory and they used to knock me (in a fun way) for the way I talked. They used to call me The Professor. Mind you, most of their vocabs weren't developed much above grunts and moans.
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Your Aspie score: 151 of 200
Your neurotypical (non-autistic) score: 60 of 200
Formally diagnosed in 2007.
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