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Professorial Speech?

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Brad

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Hello. I got a new roommate semi-recently. I am new to AS and am just learning about it. A book I'm reading says that an indication of AS is "professorial voice." I'm wondering what that means. My roommate has often said that I use big words and that it seems like talk down to him sometimes. He has even asked why I don't just use regular words, or more specifically, why I don't just talk normally. I always assumed that what he meant when he said I use big words was that it simply meant I had a larger vocabulary. I didn't view this as a symptom of AS, just that I was using more precise words.

Is this what professorial voice is? If so, what can I do about it? I don't want people to think that I'm talking down to them.
 
Brad said:
Is this what professorial voice is? If so, what can I do about it? I don't want people to think that I'm talking down to them.
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Yes, this has always been what my understanding of "professorial voice" is. (May gave you a great resource to consult!)

I don't know if he is on the spectrum, but I had a friend in school who was very, very well-spoken and had a massive vocabulary which he didn't hesitate to use. Unfortunately, that (among other things) made him the recipient of much resentment from our classmates and the target of severe bullying.

People often fear and do not like what they do not understand.
 
If you are planing on using big words it should depend on your audience. If your around people that don't understand them, I would tone it done. But if you are around people that do understand then there no issues there.

For me, I have an language based learning disability. Because of my limited vocabulary, weather a person use small or big words, there many words I don't know. So there can be case you could met someone like me. In general I can have conversations with most people, but there can be times I around people using too many words I don't know.
 
The only Aspie I knew in person had what I thought was a professor voice. He spoke with a certain inflection, like he was always a teacher giving a lecture. Very matter-of-fact and factual. He didn't joke much and seemed more intent on correct data. I don't remember if he used difficult words or not.
 
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