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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 148569" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>It sounds very similar to the way certain noises or sounds become a habit then a tic, especially with difficult child 1. He likes to imitate various sounds etc. For him, it seems connected to not only being able to recite slabs of soundtrack from a movie, song or comedy routine, but also to be able to sound exactly like the original - accent, sound effects, everything.</p><p>I remember difficult child 1 being fascinated with the meerkats exhibit when we went to the Sydney Taronga Zoo when he was little. That evening he was describing the meerkats to a friend and I watched him imitate the body language of a meerkat - impressive and so skilled we had to laugh.</p><p>When he was working at the zoo nearby he would listen and observe the animals and birds while he was working around them. I remember when he managed to acquire a good imitation of a male emu's call - it's a challenging sound, not loud but intriguing. The trouble was, once he had mastered it he couldn't stop. he doesn't do it so much now, but he would end up annoying HIMSELF with his emu call.</p><p></p><p>The plus side - when auditioning for "The Black Balloon" he was asked what animal or bird he could portray and he immediately chose a Rainbow Lorikeet and began an extremely good impression of one of these birds getting aggressive with a much larger parrot. He got the part, on the spot.</p><p></p><p>I do think the word thing is similar - difficult child 1 picks this up while exploring a sound or practising it. It takes VERY LITTLE exposure to develop a very strong habit (and I think the rapid rate of habit-formation is very much part of his Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)).</p><p></p><p>I've also known workmates to do something similar - a word or a phrase will become the "in" phrase, and it gets used non-stop, often by one particular person.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 148569, member: 1991"] It sounds very similar to the way certain noises or sounds become a habit then a tic, especially with difficult child 1. He likes to imitate various sounds etc. For him, it seems connected to not only being able to recite slabs of soundtrack from a movie, song or comedy routine, but also to be able to sound exactly like the original - accent, sound effects, everything. I remember difficult child 1 being fascinated with the meerkats exhibit when we went to the Sydney Taronga Zoo when he was little. That evening he was describing the meerkats to a friend and I watched him imitate the body language of a meerkat - impressive and so skilled we had to laugh. When he was working at the zoo nearby he would listen and observe the animals and birds while he was working around them. I remember when he managed to acquire a good imitation of a male emu's call - it's a challenging sound, not loud but intriguing. The trouble was, once he had mastered it he couldn't stop. he doesn't do it so much now, but he would end up annoying HIMSELF with his emu call. The plus side - when auditioning for "The Black Balloon" he was asked what animal or bird he could portray and he immediately chose a Rainbow Lorikeet and began an extremely good impression of one of these birds getting aggressive with a much larger parrot. He got the part, on the spot. I do think the word thing is similar - difficult child 1 picks this up while exploring a sound or practising it. It takes VERY LITTLE exposure to develop a very strong habit (and I think the rapid rate of habit-formation is very much part of his Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)). I've also known workmates to do something similar - a word or a phrase will become the "in" phrase, and it gets used non-stop, often by one particular person. Marg [/QUOTE]
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