Pedantic/"Overly Formal" Speech
Hylian
Citizen, Mentor
in General ASD
I saw a thread about this on another forum and I thought I'd post a similar one here, since I find the prevalence of pedantic speech in people with ASD very interesting.
Has anyone here been told, or noticed, that you have "pedantic speech" (basically overly formal speech, which can include an "inappropriate" use of academic speech and an extensive vocabulary)? Have you talked like that since you were a child? Why do you believe you talk like that?
I have been told by others that I often have an overly formal way of talking and have an extensive vocabulary. I have talked like that since maybe around mid-childhood, because I took a liking to the "accuracy" of it, and I think that accuracy + the extra vocabulary helps me explain my thoughts better. I am normally not great at that, so being able to use words that are "overly specific" and to be more descriptive like that helps.
Has anyone here been told, or noticed, that you have "pedantic speech" (basically overly formal speech, which can include an "inappropriate" use of academic speech and an extensive vocabulary)? Have you talked like that since you were a child? Why do you believe you talk like that?
I have been told by others that I often have an overly formal way of talking and have an extensive vocabulary. I have talked like that since maybe around mid-childhood, because I took a liking to the "accuracy" of it, and I think that accuracy + the extra vocabulary helps me explain my thoughts better. I am normally not great at that, so being able to use words that are "overly specific" and to be more descriptive like that helps.
Do you have pedantic speech?
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- Have you talked like this since you were a child?4 votes
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Also, the first definition I found online for "pedantic speech" was very... pedantic to say the least. It's funny. lol
I also picked up my vocabulary and my way of talking from reading as a kid + looking at synonyms for words in thesaruses. Looking up stuff about my special interests also helped, because for some of them people always write the info in relatively "academic" speech, so it made it easier to pick up things like that.