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Delayed echolalia
Delayed echolalia is sometimes (but unusually) seen in some patient's with schizophrenia, a type of mental disorder in which one loses contact with reality. Echolalia comes from the Greek word "echo" meaning "sound," and the Greek word "lalia" meaning "a form of speech." Put the words together and you have "sound a form of speech."
When someone repeats the speech of somebody else hours, days, or weeks after they hear it, in an involuntary and meaningless way. People with delayed echolalia may repeat a word, phrase, or entire sentences. For example, if somebody said to a person with delayed echolalia, "It sure is a very nice day today," he/she would later respond, "It sure is a very nice day today." In delayed echolalia, the tone and accent of the speaker is repeated as well.
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