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    Radio Diamond and Kellerica, then

    I think maybe there are a lot of people like me who feel a bit uncomfortable talking 'on air'.

    We all have our own reasons. For example, too many elocution lessons to stop me from sounding like a country bumpkin in my childhood has left me sounding a bit like the Queen... though there is still a shade of my original Dorset accent in there somewhere. I've been told in the past that it sometimes makes me sound like I'm 'putting it on', even though I was so rigorously drilled for so long that it really is just the way I speak these days.

    There is also the other thing... the Aspie-me has a terrible tendency to mimic the accent of those around me. Its part of the elaborate acting routine (an ingrained coping strategy) that I use to 'pass for normal' in the real world. While this is barely noticeable when I'm talking to other villagers, it can come across as if I'm taking the mickey when I accidentally take on an American/French/Italian tone of English. The fastest way to lose friends!

    I almost did that the other day when I was talking to Hai-Etlik!!! (he has a lovely Canadian accent btw)

    Its very much safer for me to stay quiet, I think
    Last edited by Mouse; 12-26-2017 at 12:22 PM.

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