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Question about public speaking Greetings, all! I had a severe stutter as a child - at the time, it was called a stammer. Fortunately for me, my elementary school had speech therapy services. By the time I was ten, I had achieved what I would consider about 90% fluency. It also left me with a distinct idiolect - very crisp and precise. I have sometimes wondered what my speech would have been like otherwise. It had the beneficial effect of making me sound 'intelligent' to teachers and other adults, which is conducive to having them recognize a child's actual intelligence. One thing that I realized by high school was that I actually enjoyed public speaking. It felt like doing card tricks for an appreciative audience. I am now a Mason and have had several opportunities to speak before the assembled brethren; it is always an exciting and rewarding experience. I have read that some stutterers and former stutterers become actors or singers, as those uses of language can defeat the demon that sits on our tongues. Has anyone else discovered a facility or enthusiasm for public speaking? I have it on good authority that enjoying it is a rare thing.