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commentr/StutterJan 9, 2021
3 points

Once during a routine traffic stop the cops did. That was fun. I wasn't so it turned out ok in the end but it was still frustrating....

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
1 points

I tell all my friends and family to please finish my word/sentence if I get stuck too long. Most don't and those that do, don't do it often but it's such a relief to me. I can get stuck for so long I ...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
3 points

Actually that's true! When I first meet someone, i stutter out of nervousness. But as I get closer to people, i feel more comfortable so my speech "smoothens" out. So in a way, my stuttering helps me ...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
2 points

My stutter comes out when I ask questions and people have taken this to mean that I'm nervous or shy and I've even gotten comments saying that it's cute. I'm just trying to get my words out so I can ...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
3 points

I do that too but sometimes I can't get the 'i' in 'it's' out so I go " 's Drew" and people are like "Strew?" šŸ˜”...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
5 points

One time in high school I said, ā€œI didn’t choose the th-thug life the thug life chose meā€ I didn’t even mean to stammer but my classmates thought I did it intentionally lol...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
2 points

Yes I didn’t know I can unlock anymore embarrassments at this point due to my stutter. Esp the usual words with H and A *sigh*...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
10 points

In the past, I've had guys tell me that my stutter is 'sexy' or 'cute'. Never in a relationship though - it's always been like, when some dude has been trying to chat me up. It always made me shut off...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
7 points

Sometimes after a hard block when I get done speaking, and someone looks at me a little confused on some words, ill go ā€œDid I Stutterā€ like Stanley from the Office...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
3 points

in 5th or 6th grade, we had to do a talk on one of our country's previous presidents. it wouldn't have been so bad, but we had to do it in front of the entire fricking school. i got stuck on a lot of ...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
5 points

Omg this happens to me too. One time at the gym some dude was asked yo what’s your name bro....and just like yourself I have a filler too but it is just ā€œit’sā€ So I’m like itseddie cause my name is ...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
6 points

Was pulled over by a cop when I was like 17 because I forgot to turn on my head lights while leaving a mall parking lot. Of course I stuttered when he came up to the window, so he asked me to exit the...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
4 points

Not overly funny but we still laugh about it now. There's a market place near me called "The Tuesday marketplace" well one fine day I was going there with my sister and she asked where are we going to...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
3 points

When I was in 4th class (10 years old) I was on the school junior quiz team. We went out ever day to practice for an hour or so and one day when we were going back to class my teacher thought it would...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
8 points

A huge part of my job is making calls over a radio net for aircraft maintenance. Obviously, the stammer occasionally intrudes so for a long time I would make my radio calls in a Mickey Mouse voice; w...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
6 points

This actually made me laugh out loud. I worked as a bartender and having to say specials was always an interesting time....

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
9 points

Oh my god. This has happened to me before. I had issues saying my name so I would say ā€œah it’s lisaā€ — someone heard it as ā€œAlisaā€ and I didn’t have the heart to correct them. Thankfully I seem to hav...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
12 points

Not funny but a wierd situation: At my first job, I had a manager who had this very very mild stammer. Every once in a long while he would stammer on a random word. I didn't know then and also he was...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
12 points

Bartender cut me off because I was stammering and he thought I was drunk. I recovered and explained that I had a stammer, and was in fact totally sober. He turned white as a ghost, apologized profuse...

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commentr/StutterJan 8, 2021
2 points

I’m in college now, looking to pursue health science/medical school. My stutter still brings me a lot of trouble and I try to avoid speaking in class and stuff even though I know the answer or have an...

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