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Does anyone here stammer? I stammer.

FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
edited March 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
I don't stammer all the time, just intermittently. The strange thing is, people presume I must be nervous when I do it. Nope. When I stammer, there's no obvious trigger.


Do you stammer?
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  • Indian SummerIndian Summer Posts: 2,296
    define stammer.
    "It's all happening"
  • WildsWilds Posts: 4,329
    My father stammers. I believe it is like a stutter but not quite as intense. Kind of between words or sentences and not during.

    For some there mouth is talking faster than the thoughts are being processed in the brain.
  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    Wilds wrote:

    For some there mouth is talking faster than the thoughts are being processed in the brain.


    I think sometimes it's more complicated than that. The sentence is fully formed in the brain, and the next two sentences are being put into shape. Meanwhile, you speak sentence one, and there's a strange castle and drawbridge effect, where half-shaped phonemes from sentences two and three escape over the lip of sentence one. No doubt the neurological fuckwits will say otherwise, but they're neurological fuckwits.
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    I worked for a guy who had a serious speech impediment that manifested itself in the form of heavily pronounced stuttering. It was as bad as that guy Snowhill in the movie Men of Honor.

    He was a really smart guy in spite of his mannerisms. He was a gifted accountant anyway. He could probably do GL account reconciliations in his sleep.

    But, he was a fucking douche if there ever was one. He would actually yell at the employees on occasion and say shit like, "You better not do that again," right in front of everyone in the department. After a meeting, he would yell, "Get back to work!" Once while I was working at my desk, he came up behind me and went, "Stop screwing around!" I'm like WTF...I was working.

    If I ever saw him on the street...well...

    And I'm not one to make fun of people for something like that. But, I could see how he might deserve it if someone were to just lose it one day and start muh-muh-mocking him.
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  • nuffingmannuffingman Posts: 3,014
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I don't stammer all the time, just intermittently. The strange thing is, people presume I must be nervous when I do it. Nope. When I stammer, there's no obvious trigger.


    Do you stammer?
    A friend of mine used to stammer really badly but when he was drunk he didn't. Perhaps he was more relaxed. He then started to speak more slowly and he has improved a lot. I assume because you are posting this it bothers you. If it bothers you this might trigger it. Hypnosis might work.
  • spongersponger Posts: 3,159
    yeah man don't let it bother you. just find yourself a woman who is smart enough to look past it.

    I remember watching an episode of FBI files on A&E about a serial killer in alaska that the FBI was able to track down through psychological profiling. One of the characteristics of the serial killer that the FBI was able to guess right was his speech impediment.

    They figured it must've added to his feelings of alienation that were causing him to lash out with violence.

    I am by no means saying that stammerers have a propensity to become serial killers. I just hope that you don't let it bother you.

    After all, we all have our imperfections. I am not brave enough to reveal mine even on a message board with total anonymity, and I commend you for having the guts to reveal yours.
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  • BibbsBibbs Posts: 229
    one of my old friends had a horrendous stammer during our school years. I think he's had speech therapy and stuff and is doing a lot better with it. His breathing was part of the therapy and he always thought it was weird that he could sing a song without stammering but as soon as he tried to talk he just stammered badly. Probably a very psychological thing.
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    i worked with a dude that had a stuttering problem.
    he said "their well" at the beginning of about every sentence or whatever.

    example..
    their well their well their well, go get the truck keys.
    their well their well their well, fuck off.
    their well their well, kiss my ass.

    he was cool.
    it was hard tho not to laugh.
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  • BibbsBibbs Posts: 229
    chadwick wrote:
    i worked with a dude that had a stuttering problem.
    he said "their well" at the beginning of about every sentence or whatever.

    example..
    their well their well their well, go get the truck keys.
    their well their well their well, fuck off.
    their well their well, kiss my ass.

    he was cool.
    it was hard tho not to laugh.


    what would he have said if you asked him where most Africans got their water from?


    ;)
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  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Bibbs wrote:
    what would he have said if you asked him where most Africans got their water from?


    ;)

    *Wipes tear from eye* That's so silly. Sorry, I've got the giggles today.
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Bibbs wrote:
    what would he have said if you asked him where most Africans got their water from?


    ;)
    Hey, you're a funny guy (said like Ray Liotta)
    ;)
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  • BibbsBibbs Posts: 229
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    Hey, you're a funny guy (said like Ray Liotta)
    ;)

    The Goodfellas reference is pretty weird! Can you remember Joe Pesci calls Ray Liotta a 'stuttering prick' in it? Actually I dont remember if he calls Ray Liotta it, but he calls someone it.

    sorry, just ignore me. Its been a tough morning. :D
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  • FinsburyParkCarrotsFinsburyParkCarrots Posts: 12,223
    sponger wrote:
    yeah man don't let it bother you. just find yourself a woman who is smart enough to look past it.

    I remember watching an episode of FBI files on A&E about a serial killer in alaska that the FBI was able to track down through psychological profiling. One of the characteristics of the serial killer that the FBI was able to guess right was his speech impediment.

    They figured it must've added to his feelings of alienation that were causing him to lash out with violence.

    I am by no means saying that stammerers have a propensity to become serial killers. I just hope that you don't let it bother you.

    After all, we all have our imperfections. I am not brave enough to reveal mine even on a message board with total anonymity, and I commend you for having the guts to reveal yours.


    Ah, it's not a bad stammer. I only do it very occasionally. I just thought like starting a stammering thread. :)
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Bibbs wrote:
    The Goodfellas reference is pretty weird! Can you remember Joe Pesci calls Ray Liotta a 'stuttering prick' in it? Actually I dont remember if he calls Ray Liotta it, but he calls someone it.

    sorry, just ignore me. Its been a tough morning. :D
    Yup he does :D I wasn't even thinking of that reference, I was just trying to goad you into asking me how you were funny :p

    Evidently I have skills.
    "I remember one night at Muzdalifa with nothing but the sky overhead, I lay awake amid sleeping Muslim brothers and I learned that pilgrims from every land — every colour, and class, and rank; high officials and the beggar alike — all snored in the same language"
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