commentr/StutterDecember 27, 2018
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It's not so much words for me so much as it is sound combinations: My danger zone is double voiced consonants, like 'continue (n-t) or "biblical" (b-l) or "Tetris" (t-r). So it'll come out as something like "con-con-cooooontinue." And, like virtually every other PWS, my name kills me. I've found that couching it in a phrase ("Hi, my name is Madeleine") helps A LOT, but I'm effed if they don't catch it the first time or mishear me. A number of people think my name is Natalie because close enough rather than a stuttery correction was the path of least resistance.
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Speech & StutteringAnticipation & Avoidance
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Repetitions & ProlongationsFeared Words & Names
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