My daughter gets intesese pleasure from hearing certain random words. Does anyone elses's child?

[chuffinalong]

Hi, I was reading my daughter a story about 6 months ago and read the word 'bricks'. She made an "Ooh" sound and asked me to repeat it over and over again saying how much she loved it. There are other words too now such as 'sponge' and 'rock'. I don't know what it is about these words she loves so much? Her dad tried to say them, but he didn't say them properly apparently.
What could be the reason for this? I've never heard of it before. She is 10 years old by the way and has learning difficulties and very likely PDA, a form of autism.
If anyone else's child does this, or you know why she might do it, I'd love to hear from you. Thanks.

Some words for me make me cringe but it's definitely the way people say them. The latest one was chocolate Which was said by a presenter on the radio. But I didn't like it. I'm not sure exactly why. But I think it's the way certain sounds are emphasised by different accents. My Ds is on the spectrum too..

Yes my Ds does this too! He is very tickled by certain sounds it can be single words or even short phrases too, I have no idea why. He loved the sound of stickle bricks, smurf and now road rollers is a favourite. There are lots of others I can't think of now.

He has learning difficulties and probable ASD too. He will just keep saying 'again' each time after I've said it and would happily have me repeat a favourite word hundreds of times over and over.

Oh wow! Great to know other children do it too. There must be some reason for it then. Could it be sensory I wonder?

I have a theory that it's words with lots of the same sound in it. So, stickle bricks for example has lots of kkk sounds and chocolate for me has the same sound chch repeated in the one word.

Going by my own experience it is sensory for me, but I also dislike certain sounds people make whilst eating and I'm sure there's a name for that!

That makes sense Lesley, same with road rollers. He asks me to repeat a page in a book with road rollers on every night before bed as many times as I'm happy to keep doing it! He does particularly like it if I really emphasise the rrr's.

There have been others though that are less obvious sounds he has loved too. He is very repetitive with sounds generally though and likes to listed to the same bit of a song over and over etc

Thanks everyone. I'm not sure if there are sounds she doesn't like. I know she doesn't like loud noises and they make her jump easily.

I was having this conversation with an OT the other day, she was saying sometimes a strong like or dislike of some sounds is sensory or sometimes because of a connection made to the sound in some way to an unpleasant experience.

I was saying if I hear someone's jaw clicking when they eat it makes me want to throttle them. That feels sensory to me, it gets right under my skin and makes me feel all so angry.

That could explain why "Hairy Mclairy from Donnaldson's Dairy was and still is one of her favourite books.

Chuffing my ds isn't averse to any particular sounds either as far as I can tell. Although some sounds have a very overstimulating effect on him and make him very hyper and that is to do with his sensory issues I believe.

Hmm, there are certain sayings and words which work her up into hysterics as she says them over and over again. One is "that's a funny jo" (not joke, although she can say joke clearly) Another is fat. Fat bum, fat tummy, fat face etc. She is overweight herself and is becoming more aware of it.

My DS also seems to enjoy certain words/sounds 'ssshh' being his favourite. It cracks him up. He also loves the skittles ad where everything the man touches turns to skittles, he becomes hysterical!

DS2 rolls around on the floor in hysterics every time he hears Nigel Farage say the word "Baffling!"

Not a pleasure he'll have for much longer though...

My DS (2.5 years) with ASD does this. His favourite words are "platypus", "stand still" and "William" . He gets fits of giggles when I say them and repeats them back with a real sort of relish. It's very sweet .