>>The squealing noises I make are more like an "eeeeeeeee" or something.<<
I strongly suspect that's the origin of "squee" that has entered common usage in recent years.
>>They tend to be pretty high-pitched at times. I just want people to see the lighter side of autism and that all these things we do are normal for us.<<
That's a great idea.
>>Sometimes it can be whole different language we use when we can't speak.<<
Fascinating! I have a much wider concept of "language" than most humans do.
>>Since she likes animals, it would make sense for her to make their sounds.<<
Good idea.
>>But she's able to communicate so if anything, these sounds would be more comforting and calming to her than used in actual communication.<<
Or when the best way to say something is not in English. My ordinary vocabulary contains a fair sprinkling of words from foreign languages, words from invented languages, useful linguistic noises, animal sounds, etc. It's one thing to speak a foreign language when you're with somebody for whom it's native -- I'm able to carry on a conversation with dogs or wolves, for instance -- and another to drop foreign words into your own language, but most people who speak multiple languages will codeswitch between them at least occasionally. Works the same if they're not all human languages.
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Re: Yay!
Date: 2012-10-01 08:40 am (UTC)From:I strongly suspect that's the origin of "squee" that has entered common usage in recent years.
>>They tend to be pretty high-pitched at times. I just want people to see the lighter side of autism and that all these things we do are normal for us.<<
That's a great idea.
>>Sometimes it can be whole different language we use when we can't speak.<<
Fascinating! I have a much wider concept of "language" than most humans do.
>>Since she likes animals, it would make sense for her to make their sounds.<<
Good idea.
>>But she's able to communicate so if anything, these sounds would be more comforting and calming to her than used in actual communication.<<
Or when the best way to say something is not in English. My ordinary vocabulary contains a fair sprinkling of words from foreign languages, words from invented languages, useful linguistic noises, animal sounds, etc. It's one thing to speak a foreign language when you're with somebody for whom it's native -- I'm able to carry on a conversation with dogs or wolves, for instance -- and another to drop foreign words into your own language, but most people who speak multiple languages will codeswitch between them at least occasionally. Works the same if they're not all human languages.