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He didn't mean he's "become a stutterer" but rather that he has the occasional stutter as a result of the habits he picked-up while rehearsing for the movie. I think the point he was trying to make w...

haha I don't mean as an actor. I think he did a great job with the movie. I mean you can't develop a stutter by playing a character with a stutter....

In which way? The stutter he portrayed in the film is quite different from mine, but is quite similar to those of others. I've seen him in several interviews, and he seems completely sincere....

StutterTalk Podcast: a great resource for individuals who stutter

StutterTalk Podcast: a great resource for individuals who stutter ...

Colin Firth is full of shit...

I completely agree. He doesn't say that it all stuttering caused by emotional/mental trauma, so I should have phrased my earlier comment differently. ...

I've skypped with a fellow redditor working on the physicality of these shutters too and how they come out, how the lips form, how the throat feels, the chest, etc....

Thanks , that's very helpful and its one of the things I'm trying to understand. That type of frustration is shown with the character, but its the building up to his outbursts and where that stems fro...

I'm glad you are enjoying the book. However any author that thinks that stuttering is caused by mental or emotional trauma and is therefore entirely psychological is suspect. The research literature ...

Doesn't matter if they are busy or not, impatience is impatience. Something it would be helpful to understand is the loss of control that is associated with struttering. When you fake stutter, or ps...

Great idea. I've been calling a few people on the phone. It's interesting the things you notice. From what i notice so far people seem to bit more impatient, finishing my sentences etc. Could be becau...

Well so far it has been a very informative book. It's really written for Speech Pathologist's but he does not use any technical language for us non Pathologist's. The book is really centered aroun...

I used to attend a Stutterer's Support Group at my university that had almost 20 people in it. I think there's an inherent desire for community within humanity, and that this subreddit will continue ...

'Stutter' actually sounds like someone stuttering. ...

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definitely going to check that out...

Watch the movie The King's Speech. Be forewarned however, that Colin Firth (who played King George) says he's actually developed a bit of a stutter in real life, because he got so deep into the chara...

List of famous stutterers!

List of famous stutterers! ...

That is a good question, I think making posts in r/slp would be a good start. We could even post more interesting things to larger subreddits as reposts from stuff in r/stutter....

Never read it. Let us know how it is....