Stuttering.....

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LeeRab

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Seems to be more and more common these days that people suffer from stuttering. As a kid my best mate had a pretty awful stutter. We actually became best mates because of it, through me having his back one day at school when he got bullied.

I was just grabbing coffee and got talking to some guy and he was stuttering like i've never heard before. At one point i think he noticed me smirking (sorry i couldn't help it) and from that point on i tactically took control of the conversation and wouldn't let him get a word in. I feel awful for smirking but as he was stuck on a word, he was doing that body jerk, as if he was trying to shake out the word.

Has anyone else been in a similar position, friends, family or even maybe you're a person with a stutter.
 

One of the top Directors in our place has a shocking stammer. He was called upon to do a big conference thing and he seemed perfectly confident in doing it but his stammer was uncontrollable. At one point he was trying to say someting like 'pathway' (a 'pah' sound), and ended up saying 'pa pa PAH PAH PAH' in rising tones. I scoffed involuntarily.
 
A lad I played football with had the most awful stutter. Ok now, after years of treatment and stuff. "S" was his bette noir.

But at one point, when it was still bad, some sadist at work gave him a job on the phones at work. His "welcome" had to be.

"Sun Life customer service centre, Simon speaking"
 
Layne said:
Lad I knew played in a band. It amazes me that the brain can let people sing perfectly but makes them stutter their speech.
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Yes i've heard of stories like this before. I read it somewhere in an article. I wonder if anyone has actually done a study on this, interesting
 

The Cowboy said:
One of the top Directors in our place has a shocking stammer. He was called upon to do a big conference thing and he seemed perfectly confident in doing it but his stammer was uncontrollable. At one point he was trying to say someting like 'pathway' (a 'pah' sound), and ended up saying 'pa pa PAH PAH PAH' in rising tones. I scoffed involuntarily.
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Yes this was a similar position i just found myself in. I'm a grown adult and should really know better but when you're not expecting it, surely the natural response is to be amused by it, no ? You're not laughing AT the person, just the situation you find yourself in.

When you know of someone who has a stutter and are around it all the time and hear it all the time, you don't bat an eyelid. With strangers its different.
 
If I know the person it's not an issue as I'm prepared for it, but I find it a challenge when it's unexpected from a fresh face.

Never, ever finish their words / sentences, even if done with good intention it's taken as offensive I'm told.
 
LeeRab said:
Yes this was a similar position i just found myself in. I'm a grown adult and should really know better but when you're not expecting it, surely the natural response is to be amused by it, no ? You're not laughing AT the person, just the situation you find yourself in.

When you know of someone who has a stutter and are around it all the time and hear it all the time, you don't bat an eyelid. With strangers its different.
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Absolutely. Someone starts snappin' and poppin' all of a sudden and you're meant to stay stoney-faced? I don't think so.

Worked with a chap who would stutter a lot, and one evening we went out on the beers and we were discussing it at length, and the stutter eased off as the night went on and he was less self-consious about it.
 
Like i said in my original post, my best mate suffered quite badly from this. He was the type that when stuttering, if stood still, his body would be frozen to the spot, as if he couldn't move until his words came out. He would move up and down on his toes, so strange. Of course he would laugh and make fun of himself and thats what made him so popular in the end i think.

I remember an instance when we were stood at a zebra crossing waiting to cross, just stood there talking. The light came on to cross and off i went, still talking but looking in the opposite direction. After i reached the other side, he wasn't there and upon turning around, my mate is frozen to the spot, still on the pavement, almost bouncing trying to get his words out.

How can you not laugh.
 

It is a similar thing with one of my lads. He is mildly autistic, and gets mega anxious about the strangest things, will keep repeating the same question until he gets it word perfect, that sort of thing.

Put him on stage to sing solo in front of 200 people, and all the problems just disappear.
 
I've had a little stutter all my life.

Only ever happens when I'm nervous about something or a little uncomfortable in a situation.

Then when it happens it sticks in your head and it gets worse and you feel an idiot.

Luckily mrs Ijjy finds it 'cute'.
 
ijjysmith said:
I've had a little stutter all my life.

Only ever happens when I'm nervous about something or a little uncomfortable in a situation.

Then when it happens it sticks in your head and it gets worse and you feel an idiot.

Luckily mrs Ijjy finds it 'cute'.
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So you don't actually voice your opinions during the Everton games then mate. Explains why you just type them on the forum

Hey did you get my PM btw ?
 
i have a slight stammer, i use to say er or erm a lot to try break it.

its not to bad now, but when i have a cold, its really bad. (i know that sounds silly, but its true)
 

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