You said: "Do not imitate." I agree with you. According [to this stutter research from 2022 (page 164)](http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2227-6246/article/view/257967/254820), imitating someone can **cause** stuttering. "The purpose of our research is to develop the problem of stuttering in the psychological aspect to reveal its genesis, to understand the behavior of people who stutter in the process of communication, to identify their individual psycho-logical characteristics"