Why "Stutter"?
In an effort to be open about my stutter, I decided to disclose the fact that I stutter to an acquaintance. Everything went fine until I came to the word "stutter."
I froze on the first "t," only to then be tripped up by the second set of "t"s. And no matter how hard I tried to act confident and okay about it, it still made for a somewhat awkward moment.
You know, it wouldn't be so difficult to admit that I stutter, if it were easier to say. I know whatever name we give to stuttering will end up being a difficult word for many stutterers, but would it be too much to ask to at least make it a one-syllable word?
Something simple like "em" would make life so much easier—I em, I have an em, I am an emer, National Eming Association. It would even sound close enough to "um" that if stutterers (or emers) did get stuck, that filler alone would suffice.
I froze on the first "t," only to then be tripped up by the second set of "t"s. And no matter how hard I tried to act confident and okay about it, it still made for a somewhat awkward moment.
You know, it wouldn't be so difficult to admit that I stutter, if it were easier to say. I know whatever name we give to stuttering will end up being a difficult word for many stutterers, but would it be too much to ask to at least make it a one-syllable word?
Something simple like "em" would make life so much easier—I em, I have an em, I am an emer, National Eming Association. It would even sound close enough to "um" that if stutterers (or emers) did get stuck, that filler alone would suffice.
posted by Closet Stutterer at 11:18 AM
2 Comments:
If I have to tell someone that I'm a stutterer, I get this strange feeling that now I have to actually do it to prove it...then I feel like when I DO stutter, they feel like I'm faking to prove it.
Very strange.
I know exactly what you mean. I've had similar experiences. And it does feel odd when the only word I very noticeably stutter on is the word "stutter."
Sophie
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