| Are you a stutterer? |
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Oliver
Thought Maker
Joined: 28 Feb 2004
Posts: 6096
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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 Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:11 am Being a stutterer... |
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Hi,
On average, 0.5%-1.0% of the total population, independant of age, sex, race, etc... is a stutterer.
As I am a stutterer, I would like to know who else on this forum is one? If you are a stutterer, but don't want to post a message so that others will know, just vote.
Thanks,
Oliver
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Puck
The Texan
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
Posts: 5596
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 9:36 am |
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Sry, Im not a stutterer (<-weird word to spell) Didn't know that fact before. Is it inherited through genetics or is it just something you get lucky enough to be born with?
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PrankishSmart
Rear Admiral
Joined: 29 Apr 2002
Posts: 4779
Location: Hobart, Australia.
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 10:54 am |
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| JanewayIsHott wrote: | | or is it just something you get lucky enough to be born with? |
Lucky?
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Melodramatic
Rear Admiral
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Posts: 4577
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:09 am |
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No, I am not a stutterer.
But technically we all are sometimes! When people are nervous they tend to shutterer..
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DemonClassY
Commodore
Joined: 11 Jan 2004
Posts: 1986
Location: Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:19 am |
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I don't stutter, my brother does though.
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Melodramatic
Rear Admiral
Joined: 04 Feb 2003
Posts: 4577
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:22 am |
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I was just thinking.. is stuttering a form of being handicap?
( no offence..to anyone who stutteres.)
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IntrepidIsMe
Pimp Handed
Joined: 14 Jun 2002
Posts: 13057
Location: New York
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 11:44 am |
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I'm sure that what one would consider a "handicap", varies. Would probably have to do with each person's individual outlook.
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Sam Kenobi
Not a Duke
Joined: 13 Jun 2003
Posts: 10373
Location: The 'Verse
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:23 pm |
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I don't stutter badly, but I do trip over words a lot. Thats why I prefer to write rather than speak out loud. not that I don't speak out loud... bah 
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Theresa
Lux Mihi Deus
Joined: 17 Jun 2001
Posts: 27256
Location: United States of America
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:35 pm |
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^I'm like you. My mouth can't move fast enough to keep up with my mind, and I just have to stop what I'm saying, and force myself to slow down. (I don't know if that came out exactly right, it's not like I talk fast, I just lose track of where my mouth is, and skip several words to get caught up, or reverse the beginnings of words).
Jaime, (Natira), used to have a slight stutter, but she's overcome it, and no longer does.
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Valathous
The Canadian, eh
Joined: 31 Aug 2002
Posts: 19074
Location: Centre Bell
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 3:51 pm |
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Nope, I dont stutter. 
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Piper Halliwell
Rear Admiral
Joined: 23 Oct 2002
Posts: 3265
Location: Birmingham, England
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:38 pm |
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I only stutter when I'm nervous.
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Jeremy
J's Guy
Joined: 03 Oct 2002
Posts: 7823
Location: Aberdeen, Scotland
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:42 pm |
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I don't normally stutter, but like T sometimes my mouth can't keep up with my brain and I trip over words. Sometimes I stutter when I'm nervous but at other times I'm fine. Depends on the person and situation.
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Puck
The Texan
Joined: 05 Jan 2004
Posts: 5596
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:43 pm |
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I stutter sometimes when I am nervous, but usually, I also get the shakes REALLY bad, like I gave a speech once, and my friends didn't stop buggin me about it for a while.
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Josi Rockholt
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 29 Dec 2001
Posts: 10136
Location: Boston, Ma
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| Sun Mar 07, 2004 7:19 pm |
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I'm like T. I don't exactly stutter, but I try to talk to keep up with what I'm thinking and mess up and have to start over again slower than the first time.
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Oliver
Thought Maker
Joined: 28 Feb 2004
Posts: 6096
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Mon Mar 08, 2004 2:47 am |
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| Dana Scully wrote: | No, I am not a stutterer.
But technically we all are sometimes! When people are nervous they tend to shutterer.. |
True. Everyone does stutter every now and then. Mostly because they're nervous, speaking in front of a lot of people, things like that. But I think people get the term 'being a stutterer' wrong.
Being a stutterer means that you stutter, always. Independant of the time of day, the person who you talk to. I stutter when I'm talking to my Mom, my sister, my girlfriend, just about everyone. It's not because I'm nervous, it's because I stutter. So being a fast talker where your mouth can't keep up the pace of your brain, that doesn't count. You might stutter, but it doesn't mean your a stutterer.
A good example is Reg Barclay in TNG. Reg was/is not a stutterer. He's just terribly nervous infront of Riker and especially Picard. You might remember, he doesn't stutter infront of Geordi and Guinan. They are his friends. Picard is an 'important' person.
It does vary though. I have 'good' days and 'bad' days. Speaking in crouds, talking over the phone, talking to 'important' people (like a boss, someone famous), making advances on a girl (in my case), all contribute in a negative way to speach.
| Quote: | | Sry, Im not a stutterer (<-weird word to spell) |
Tell me about it! I can hardly pronounce the word! How about 'stammerer'? Is that beter? 
| Quote: | | Is it inherited through genetics or is it just something you get lucky enough to be born with? |
I wouldn't call it lucky though. It's not something stuck in a person's genes. It has something to do with bad connection between brain and your speach organs (mouth, lips, tongue, midreiff, diaphragm, ...). But don't get me wrong with the 'bad connection between the brain'. That sounds like stutterers are retards.
Actually, being a stutterer gets you in good company (in a way). Marylin Monroe was a stutterer. She had to do her movie shots in 20 to 30 takes, each time hoping she wouldn't stutter. Leonardo Da Vinci could not even speak! Every single word came out with extreme difficulty. The father of our modern physics Isaac Newton, being an extremly intelligent man, never spook to someone he didn't know. Even when he gave class as a proffesor at the university. He preffered to speak though a friend.
| Quote: | | I was just thinking.. is stuttering a form of being handicap? |
It does depend what you think is a handicap. Me personally, I have to say yes. It does limit people in different ways so I consider it as a handicap. However, I know people who stutter who believe it has made them stronger. So everyone has their own opinion.
Ayway, I'm blabbing. Thanks for responding...
Oliver
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Leo Wyatt
Sweetest Angel
Joined: 25 Feb 2004
Posts: 19045
Location: Investigating A Crime Scene. What did Quark do this time?
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| Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:36 am |
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I am usually a stutter excpet when I am nervous. One time I saw my favorite band in concert and two of the members came outside to give autographs. I was so nervous, When Kip Winger came out, I was stuttering get his autograph. It was so embarrassing. I was 14 at the time. Long time ago.
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Captain Dappet
Forum Revolutionist
Joined: 06 Feb 2002
Posts: 16756
Location: On my supersonic rocket ship.
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| Mon Mar 08, 2004 5:43 am |
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I don't stutter. I trip over words, though, when I'm nervous. Sometimes I forget words, aswell, when I'm nervous.
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harrykims#1fan
Fan Girl Muskateer
Joined: 08 Feb 2002
Posts: 2916
Location: Leicester UK
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| Mon Mar 08, 2004 6:37 am |
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I have a slight stammer but it gets bad when i'm nervous (or talking to fast)
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]{lingon
Senior Cadet
Joined: 08 Mar 2004
Posts: 23
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| Mon Mar 08, 2004 8:26 am |
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I do stutter but mostly when im nervous or under extreme stress its hard to think straight in that situation and it slips to that level its just a part of imperfection like everyone else has to deal with.
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Ksim3000
Rear Admiral
Joined: 27 Mar 2002
Posts: 4952
Location: United Kingdom
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| Tue Mar 09, 2004 7:50 am |
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I stutter when I'm cold
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IntrepidIsMe
Pimp Handed
Joined: 14 Jun 2002
Posts: 13057
Location: New York
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| Tue Mar 09, 2004 8:14 am |
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Hmm, I do, too,  Hate that really cold feeling, and they you can't talk, and everything just seems to fall apart, 
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Gladiator
Lieutenant, Junior Grade
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Posts: 132
Location: Elysium
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| Tue Mar 09, 2004 9:52 am |
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I also just stutter when i'm nervous
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ILoveHarry
Admiral
Joined: 14 Jan 2004
Posts: 7909
Location: Houston
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| Tue Mar 09, 2004 4:31 pm |
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I'm one of those whoes mind moves faster than my mouth... that causes my to stutter once in a while. Officially, I do not. I think it is mostly b/c of my theatre training, and I took a great diction class. The more excited I am, the more I will stutter, it's an excitment thing more than a nerves thing for me.
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Oliver
Thought Maker
Joined: 28 Feb 2004
Posts: 6096
Location: Antwerp, Belgium
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| Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:22 am |
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More famous stutterers:
Sam Neill (Actor), Isaac Newton (Scientist), Charles Darwin (Scientist/Explorer), Aristotle (Philosopher/Biologist), Carly Simon (Singer/Songwriter), Marion Davies (Actress/Comedienne), Peggy Lipton (Actress), Winston Churchill (Prime Minister), Theodore Roosevelt (U.S. President/General/Adventurer), George Washington (General/President/Father of his Country/Surveyor/Farmer), Anthony Quinn (Actor/Producer/Director/Novelist), Bruce Willis (Actor), Marilyn Monroe (Actress/Sex Symbol), Rowan Atkinson (Comedian/Actor), James Stewart (Actor), Alan Turing (Mathematician/Philosopher/Father of AI), Moses (Prince/Slave/Liberator/Law Giver), James Earl Jones (Voice/Actor), Claudius (Roman Emperor), Prince Albert Grimaldi (Prince of Monaco), Harvey Keitel (Actor), Gloria Vanderbilt (Heiress/Designer), Eric Roberts (Actor), Henry Kissinger (U.S. Secretary of State), Vladimir Illyich Lenin (Revolutionary/Dictator) and Ben Johnson (Track Star).
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The_Doctor
Lieutenant Commander
Joined: 25 Feb 2003
Posts: 339
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| Tue Mar 16, 2004 5:36 pm |
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I used to a little when I was younger and talking infront of people. But for some reason I don't anymore (Unless I'm realllly nervous).
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