> Anything that distracts your mind from fear or takes your mind off the anticipation of stuttering will usually give you temporary relief. This is the main reason why stutterers are sometimes misled by tricky procedures such as talking with sing-song inflection, metronome timing, talking while tapping a finger, swinging an arm, or stamping a foot, etc. These and many other odd ways of talking may produce temporary fluency. Just thinking about how to use them when you anticipate trouble shifts your attention away from stuttering. They may temporarily blot out thoughts of fear but will not result in any permanent reduction of fear or stuttering. Strange as it may seem, almost any new or bizarre technique will temporarily help any stutterer—at least until the novelty wears off—if he has confidence in its effectiveness. Quoted from Self-therapy for the stutterer by Malcolm Fraser In other words, it's not a new trick, and almost every stutterer discover these distractions. They aren't long-term solutions either.