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   • mrpommer

   @mrpommer @neonsnake
   This is called “circumlocution,” and many, many people who stutter do it (including Joe Biden).

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     • NeonSnake

     @neonsnake @inthehands Many moons ago Dick Cavett interviewed the great Jonathan Miller over five nights, who revealed that he was a life-long stutter/stammerer. His strategy was to foresee the word coming up in his sentence that was going to make him pause, and quickly find a synonym that wouldn’t. What a mind.

     Anyone who thinks people who stutter are stupid, are stupid.