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Stutter vs Stuttering I am not a native English speaker so bear with me. Question: why is there a Stuttering Association and not a Stutter Association? Why, on LinkedIn, is there a group called Stuttering Professionals and not Professionals with Stutter? It feels that the use of word stuttering in these contexts is incorrect if not silly. As silly as if a group of people suffering from memory loss called themselves Forgetting/Forgetful Association. Because while stuttering is a momentary mode of speech, stutter is the symptom/condition we suffer from. Shouldn't we care how these groups and organizations call themselves? I am not a stuttering professional (or stuttering amateur) I am a professional with (a condition called) stutter. Fine, there are Dancing, Fishing, Hunting etc associations but those are hobbies/activities and not health conditions. I think there should be no "stutterING" words in names of those groups. Any linguists/English majors here?