Talking Like Sheldon

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So ~ what about tending to have a low, rather flattened-out, speech patters/tone of voice not unlike Sheldon - the world's most famous " undiagnosed Aspie " character - in CBS-TV's THE BIG BANG THEORY, now in its umpteenth season ? Des anyone here find themselves slipping into a similar tone/manner? If you were diagnosed later in life, do you findyourself, sort of, falling into it? In my case, as I fell/grew more into the " Aspie " identity, maybe I fell into it a bit ~ Maybe with very little, anyway, awareness of TBBT ~ I don't have a TV! And when I have access to one (Like in the hospital ) I tend to watch Turner Classic Movies , cartoons, recently, CNN
Do any NT friends people (non-/unfriendly people aside ) comment about it to you? Perhaps as a joke? Or even double back to getting self-consious/" Um, I don't wanna offend you, but..." ?!?

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Nope. Don't have the Sheldon voice or intonation.

Yes, my entire life, I have spoken with a really low, monotone voice, especially when I was younger. People would/do tell me all the time that I talk like a robot. Even had people explicitly compare me to Sheldon. Also that I sometimes talk way too fast.

I had a monotone others would comment on until I approached middle age. Then I fixed a ton of things. But, my 20s weren't exactly wasted. I saved for a house and retirement and elevated myself in the job market. Learned how to travel. But, yeah, I was just like Sheldon in a lot of ways. I'm just like Sheldon, but a lot shorter.

Not voice or intonation but I don't change the words I use simply because I'm speaking rather than writing or because I'm writing informally rather than academically.
Mum called me out on it yesterday. Didn't call me out, she misheard me (can't remember what she misheard).
Me: 'Someone i.e. mum has written the score you need to gain the bonus points on the back of the Yahtzee scoring pad. It's sixty three not sixty'
Mum: 'What does i.e. mum mean?'
Me: 'I said someone at first because nobody signed it but then I noticed it was in your handwriting so I said i.e. mum'
Mum: 'Oh I misheard'

I don't think you're supposed to say i.e. if you want to sound NT. Maybe you're meant to say 'someone, I think it's mum' or 'someone, I mean mum' or something like that.

Sheldon, to me, has a more "emotive," almost feminine voice than a "robotic" voice.

I'd say if anything my voice tends to be overly inflected. It just goes up sometimes when I don't mean it to, especially if something about the situation makes me feel awkward.