Re: Prettiest Aspie ever ? Agnetha

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She seems to have a lot in common with me, or vice versa. Thanks for posting

this.

D.

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I didn't see it.

I listened but found no connection with my own self.

I always hated the word shy and consider aspergers as something entirely

different so would never describe myself as shy.

I didnt think she came across aspergers, but could be Im tired. My mother

died a week before Christmas, I am not myself anyway.

kimberly

> She seems to have a lot in common with me, or vice versa. Thanks for

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[Guest guest]

No, not enough evidence.

To me, she seems to be just a sensitive introvert. That overlaps with

autism but you have to be more unusual than she is. In particular,

she doesn't seem to have particularly obsessive interests (she isn't

even obsessed with music, in fact, unusual for a musician), and

though she's a loner she seems to interact with others in a fairly NT

matter.

On another topic, Swedish is an interesting language. I can really

tell it's Indo-European - I could almost understand some of it,

especially the more unusual words like 'interview' (less frequently

used words tend to evolve less). I can tell it's much more similar to

Dutch and German than English - at one point she said she flew out of

a bus, and she used a word sounding very similar to the Dutch or

German word for flying. (Yes, I am obsessively interested in

languages.)

Ettina

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> An interview (broken in 4 parts) with Agnetha

> Faltskog (The ABBA Blonde ;-). Enough evidence

> (esp. from part 2) that she is One Of Us ?

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> Thank you for thinking about this,

> Mircea Pauca, Bucuresti, Romania

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[Guest guest]

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> No, not enough evidence.

> To me, she seems to be just a sensitive introvert. That overlaps with

> autism but you have to be more unusual than she is. In particular,

> she doesn't seem to have particularly obsessive interests (she isn't

> even obsessed with music, in fact, unusual for a musician), and

> though she's a loner she seems to interact with others in a fairly NT

> matter.

> On another topic, Swedish is an interesting language. I can really

> tell it's Indo-European - I could almost understand some of it,

> especially the more unusual words like 'interview' (less frequently

> used words tend to evolve less). I can tell it's much more similar to

> Dutch and German than English - at one point she said she flew out of

> a bus, and she used a word sounding very similar to the Dutch or

> German word for flying.

Swedish, like German, uses a lot of English loan words. I don't remember

what word she used for 'interview', but in German it would also have been

'interview'. Some words are the same in Swedish and German, lke 'text' for

'lyrics' for example. The only autistic trait I could find in her was that

she said she hated a lot of noise.

D.

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Hello, I have watched this now and of course, seems like she's one of us. But I

wonder how she delt with all the noise on the cencerts of ABBA and all the

stress travelling all over the world. I doubt that she's one of us. Here in

Sweden nobody has ever thought of this.

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[ Alzen]

> Hello, I have watched this now and of course, seems like she's one of us.

Well, I think she *has* mild elements but well recognizable

by those who know ;-)

> But I wonder how she delt with all the noise on the cencerts

ABBA music was quite structured, not tavern-like 'noise'.

Rehearsing before she could know what follows...

> of ABBA and all the stress travelling all over the world.

This vulnerability of Agnetha has been a main factor of

the band's breakup. Red-haired Frida wanted more live

concerts, Agnetha wanted less but was " perfectionist "

for studio recording... so we have to thank for such opus.

> I doubt that she's one of us. Here in Sweden nobody has

> ever thought of this.

Well, maybe not enough for clinical criteria.

But I thought it may help awareness about our traits ;-)

I also had a pointer to a Swedish newspaper on her

" reclusiveness " and various not-too-well-meaning gossip...

Thank you for thinking about this,

Mircea Pauca, Bucuresti, Romania