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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
1 points

WilltheFarmer. I never heard him speak, I only knew he was able to give speeches. I'll listen in the morning as it's nearly midnight here. I'll be aware of his hesitations....

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
4 points

Here's a recording of one of his Christmas broadcasts, when he'd been working on speech therapy for about thirteen years already. https://youtu.be/a4ZpQ1s5tR8 Here's his VE Day speech. If you want a...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
6 points

Listen to his speeches and you'll see that he definitely still stuttered. He went over his speeches and replaced problem words and practiced over and over with Logue, but you can still hear it. That's...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
2 points

Did he overcome his stuttering other than when he was giving speeches? I never knew the whole story. Does anyone else?...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
8 points

I agree. Marylyn Monroe stuttered. I read they had to do numerous retakes of her scenes. She developed that whispery voice to allow her easier fluency. James Earl Jones was said to stutter but never w...

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commentr/StutterJun 4, 2023
12 points

James Earl Jones reportedly didn't talk in high school as his stutter was so bad. The reason he got into acting was because he didn't stutter when he read lines....

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commentr/StutterJun 1, 2023
1 points

There's some science behind why that happens. Apparently doing a character, be it in voices or actions, uses a different part of your brain than stuttering. Which is why people like James Earl Jones f...

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commentr/StutterMay 26, 2023
3 points

Think yourself as Marlon Brando in God father movie. He has some serious speech impediment, so he talks in a stylish way. Stutterer's are heroes in real life...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2023
1 points

That was one of my tactics before, i would switch up accents... Untill i confused my friends and had to stop lol....

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2023
2 points

Putting on a voice or accent while playing ttrpg's with friends makes me stutter free. Pretty sweet escapism...

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commentr/StutterMay 25, 2023
3 points

I was recording for radio adverts for a college project the other day with my friends. I put on an accent and I was stutter free...

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commentr/StutterMay 20, 2023
1 points

Hi, i play D&D and have played so for over a year of so with my group. I am Dm currently and although the stutters have their bad and good days, it is great fun. Im pretty decent at funny accents...

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postr/StutterMay 14, 2023
15 points

Searching for a parnter to talk!!

Searching for a parnter to talk!! Hi! My name is Stacy and I have a stutter. And recently it got very hard to express myself. I can't remember moments of me 10-11 yo feeling scary because of talking t...

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commentr/StutterMay 4, 2023
3 points

Try using accents when speaking on the phone, they dont know if its your real voice or not anyway and it usually reduces stuttering lmao...

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commentr/StutterApr 7, 2023
8 points

Most definitely. On the other side of that, can you see the similarities in actors who have real stutters (off screen) and the cadence of their speech and intention between words? I guess I would best...

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commentr/StutterMar 3, 2023
2 points

Try not to think about what you are going to say. There is also this acting technique I forget the name of it. But you embody an adjective. Like moody, frantic, happy and you go into the conversation ...

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commentr/StutterFeb 23, 2023
2 points

When I was in school they forced me to do speeches and oral presentations and stuff... I used singing to help. Also putting on an accent seemed to REALLY help! Best speech I did was in Nigel Thornbur...

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commentr/StutterFeb 21, 2023
15 points

He did an awesome job. Being in sports and on camera… especially at his level…it makes you talk and use all of your techniques to look and talk “ordinary”....

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commentr/StutterFeb 1, 2023
1 points

I took an afternoon shift on college radio when I was an undergrad. Tons of pressure but I learned a lot. I spent a lot of time on show prep because I planned and wrote out all my talk sets beforehand...

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postr/StutterJan 18, 2023
17 points

Someone asked me: How do you enter a fluency mental state? and how do you notice that you are in a fluency mental state?

Someone asked me: How do you enter a fluency mental state? and how do you notice that you are in a fluency mental state? In one of my youtube video's someone asked me this and I want to copy and paste...

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