Oswald's Accent

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the debate has turned to Oswald's fluency in Russian and his "Northern" accent while at Beauregard. As for

how he learned Russian so easlily - as I have pointed out many times - this is a trait of Asperger's. It is also a trait of Asperger's to acquire accents easily:

"When a person with Asperger's syndrome learns a foreign language, there can be a remarkable ability to pronounce the words as spoken by a native speaker. This can lead to a successful career in languages, such as a translator or interpreter..." The Complete Guide to Asperger's Syndrome, Tony Attwood, p 225


Further...

http://adc.bmj.com/content/98/Suppl_1/A36.1 wrote:Abstract
Background FAS has been described in adults following acute injury to the brain. Children commonly develop an accent closer to that of their peers than their parents’ native accent. Children with ASD often have a speech and language disorder. There have been no recorded cases of children speaking with a foreign accent that they have not been exposed to.

We present 3 British children with Asperger’s syndrome who speak with an American sounding accent with no prior exposure to it. We will show DVD clips of their speech.

Case 1: White English girl, 8, with unilateral hearing loss following congenital CMV infection. Attending main stream school with a statement of special educational needs (SEN), but with significant social and communication difficulties; diagnosed as Asperger’s syndrome. Fluent speech with a strong American accent.

Case 2: White English boy, 9, with CHARGE syndrome, attending main stream school with a statement of SEN; good speech, but with poor social interaction skills and significant obsessional behaviour; was diagnosed as Asperger’s syndrome. Speaks with a clear American accent.

Case 3: Black British boy, 6 with behavioural difficulties, in main stream school with significant social and communication difficulties; diagnosed with Asperger’s syndrome. Has clear speech with an American accent.

Looks like all those doctors were wrong. Those little English kids didn't have Asperger's at all. Thanks to HardlyLee.nut experts we can now safely say they were all actually orphans from the US.

The leaps in logic they freely make are truly breathtaking.

Greg, Aspergers may well have been a contributory factor to Oswalds linguistic skill. I wasn't dismissing it,

I know, Alex. Apologies if I gave that impression. And I agree - as I have already said - we can now never know for sure. But what can be done is to have all of the court, probation and Youth House documents examined by an an acknowledged expert to give an opinion. If he/she is of the opinion that the documented history strongly suggests Lee was on the spectrum, then I think that much at least, needs to be accepted by the "community". 

Not that it will be, of course. But that's another story rooted in psychology - anti-ROKCism. An absolutely debilitating condition that causes the sufferer's knee to jerk so violently, some have been known to knock out at least 60 of their 72 teeth.

I'll find out by the end of the week if the Phd thesis/ academic paper actually exists or if it was just a figment of my over active imagination.
If it does I'll get a copy in your hands ASAP.
I'll be up at the University later this week t do some research( the library is an absolute intellectual goldmine- one of the world's largest collection of incunabulae- books/ pamphlets printed no later than 1500. There's a first edition of the Malleus Malificarum, the chaps and chapesses over at the Foo should give it a read. Maybe get some fresh ideas for when the next heretic shows up blaspheming against the Word of Armstrong. Of course the necrotic denizens of Der Forum will probably rise out of their caskets in outrage. A work from the later half of the 15th century no doubt is dangerously modern for their antiquated tastes) I'll ask around and find out who i should talk t about Aspergers/ spectrum disorders. I should at least be able t find someone t have a look at the court/ probation/ Youth House reports. Although I doubt if anyone will be brave enough t go on record. The subject is the kiss of death credibility wise.
You've really got me thinking about Aspergers Greg and looking through the records/ witness reports etc there certainly seem t b hints, red flags if you will, that become apparent if you know what t look for.
As for the "community" apart from some notable exceptions they seem to exist in a cocoon. They don't seem t have the slightest idea, nor do they seem even t care, how they look t the outside world. In my opinion the JFK assassination was one of THE pivotal events of 20th century history and yet its been utterly marginalized.
At best reduced t a couple of hesitant lines and a footnote.
The mainstream community, IMHO, has been complicit in the marginalization. Due t ego, greed, stupidity and the machinations of dark forces(?) although i think any putative disinfo agents exist in, and are the product of, the fevered imaginings of certain "researchers". I don't dismiss them entirety i just think they weren't needed.
James Angleton himself couldn't have sabotaged and subverted the study of this case any better than certain self styled researchers.
ROKC exposes them and their limitations. As the hypocrites and fantasists they are. Looking in from the outside thats just blatantly obvious.
ROKC leavens it's research with humour and satire? So what.
One of Stan's gifs is more effective than 10000 words of pompous effluent pumped out by the Ed forum's sewers.
You ain't gonna learn what you don't want t know..
No kidding..but what happens if you spend your time learning what isn't worth knowing..therein lies Mr Josephs problem. He's a good researcher. But he's stuffed his head with so much meaningless ephemera..not everything is worth knowing..he's lost track of what's important. ROKC should offer it services..the Stan Dane Institute of Cult Deprogramming. "We'll help dirty a brain that's been washed clean- Guaranteed"
Maybe out of the proceeds $130 a month could be found t help poor James Gordon!!! I bet Brian's asking for an advance on his allowance!!

alex wilson wrote:ROKC should offer it services..the Stan Dane Institute of Cult Deprogramming. "We'll help dirty a brain that's been washed clean- Guaranteed"

We have just the product for it.

Greg - that was my goof. Thought I posted it and probably forgot to click the SEND button.

John Boy

Stan elevates the simple meme t an artform.
At first i thought William Hogarth but now I'm thinking more Hieronymous Bosch. With a weary cynicism and sometimes brutal creativity each meme is a little snapshot of the decaying world. A tiny glimpse into a tiny mind in the process of disintegration. ( i mean mr Doyle and not you Stan!!)
I wouldn't be surprised if i turned on the TV one awful day t see a pair of bloody pink sandals and and a slumped bullet ridden corpse in an semen stained After Bathing at Baxters t shirt, his dead nicotine stained claws still clutching the assault rifle he used t massacre 30 kids and 2 teachers in a Florida high school gym.
" Wed seen him before" a survivor reported " hanging about outside the gates offering kids joints t log on t Amazon and troll a book by a guy named Stan. He seemed harmless enough..but he really seemed t hate Australians or anyone called Bart. In fact he tried t run down a couple of exchange students from Perth"
Footage later showed the wide eyed lank haired perpetrator, whose yet t be named, bursting thru the school gates in a stolen pink SUV , with " Machine Gun" by Jimi Hendrix blaring out the speakers. Armed with an assault rifle, a shotgun, several hand grenades and a large cucumber, he ran into the school gym firing indiscriminately. Survivors report him screaming something about criminally slanderous moderators and that he was striking back for the neglected 5%. Survivors also mentioned his curiously effeminate voice.
Investigators refused t confirm reports of a handwritten manifesto allegedly found in the SUV. Although one witness said it reminded him of Mein Kampf crossex with Barney the Dinosaur. Another witness said it was written in crayon in a childlike scrawl.
I pray t John Armstrong that this never happens. But he sounds frighteningly unhinged at times..just a couple of joints away from snapping. I bet he's like that Rupert Pupkin in Kings of Comedy. In a basement full of lifesized Grace Slick cardboard cutouts, in varying degrees of undress, foaming as he types furiously..Bart is a liar..you haven't answered my point..
"Brian sweetheart" Evelyn shouts down "what are you doing down there? You haven't got a dog down there have you? I told you no pets after you smothered the neighbours Chihuahua...poor little dog didn't mean t piss on your sandals"