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It's so casually used that I don't think people are seeing how it normalises judgement against people with disfluency. People with fluency can say anything yet they choose to say this phrase 🙄...

Then just say "did you not understand me". For me it's that the phrase isn't used in that sense, it's used when a statement is made and "did they stutter?" is used to emphasise that what was said wa...

I agree 100% I get so irritated when I hear it. It’s basically making stuttering a negative or less intelligent....

I hate the phrase "did they stutter?"

I hate the phrase "did they stutter?" I hate seeing and hearing "did they stutter?" after a speech or a snappy comeback. I approached someone who said this phrase, saying that if a person were to stu...

Unfortenetly, stuttering also makes a listener lose interest more often then not!...

Maybe the folks that are not OK with stuttering think WE are not worth their time......when I stuttered many yrs ago to someone they walked away...they probably thought I was not worth their time.......

People tend to avoid feeling uncomfortable...and stuttering makes others uncomfortable so they flee the situation when it happens!!...

Very relatable. Been stuttering since 10 now 56. The worse is when family introduce me to their friends and they tell them that I'm SHY!!!!...

Honestly it’s been helpful. I also worked in customer service for 10 years prior. My dad was a “face your fears” kind of parenter. Seemed harsh at the time but I appreciate it now. In comparing the jo...

2 older teen girls laughed at me when I stuttered on my own name...

Your silence was the best answer. Everything will be accounted for in due time, that's how the world works and what goes around comes around in the end....

There's nothing wrong with stuttering. We aren't the ones who really have an issue with it, it's others. That person is an asshole...

Honestly, all of them should be ashamed. Assuming that no one stood up for you. Especially your GF. Loyalty must not run in her blood....

Yeah, she sounds like an a$$hole no offense. Being drunk doesn't excuse of being a horrible person. I know many people who drink and they know about my stutter, None of them had ever mocked my stutter...

embarrassing dinner

embarrassing dinner I went out to dinner with 8 of my friends, with my girlfriend and two roommates. I was talking across the table and I stuttered pretty bad and my roommate (who knows I stutter) jus...

I have some advice for you. Its not the best of advice in some peoples eyes.. I stutter too and I had to take matters into my own hands. Who ever picks on a person with a speech impediment is the ...

And that makes no sense!!! Folks don't laugh at folks on crutches or those that are mentally disabled...why do stutterers get free will to be laughed at??? It's like were being singled out!!...

If physical assault was legal in the US without getting arrested, you should have punched his lights out!! If anyone laughs or makes fun of a stuttering person, they should have the tar kicked out of...

That’s awesome that you responded and good that he apologized. My son pretends he doesn’t hear that kind of stuff and I think it’s GREAT that you instantly defended yourself- unfortunately this stuff ...

Who the hell would react by laughing and saying “what the hell?” when they see someone struggling to speak? I agree that they almost definitely didn’t have hurtful intentions. However, that shouldn’t ...