@hellomiakoda I feel some of my own thoughts here...
My entire vocabulary is a mixture of things I heard from other people. My words are not my own. Words are something other people came up with.
Watching a lot of movies and listing to songs was a major part in helping me to speak (I am speech delayed, didnt speak until I was four)
Just now, Ace Ventura "alright then" is the first echo in my mind of things I remember, in his voice too.