If you could choose ONE WORD to not stutter on

[tb1223]

Imagine you are given the option to choose one single word that, for the rest of your life, you will never stutter on. You will be able to say this word completely fluently at all times. What word would you pick?

My choice would be "thanks". I think it's the one word that I use the most when talking to strangers. Think about it: pretty much any time you spend money somewhere, you are obliged to say "thanks" upon receiving your change and/or receipt. When I stutter on this word, I feel like the other person thinks I'm rude or ungrateful for not thanking them.

[Derek181]

defiantely my name

[Jimmy169]

My name, hands down. It's so weard that we all stutter on it the most, that it is so common, yet we all have different name's. I really think this throws out the window the argument that it's only some letters or vowels people stutter on, I think it has nothing to do with that at all...

[nate]

Thanks for me too actually.

Everybody knows me. In fact I almost never have to say my name. Most of the time I hear, "Jersey, theres someone here to see you" or "Nate, meet so and so".

Yep, i say that alot and stammer on it alot.

[Box of Clocks]

[QUOTE=tb1223;24150
My choice would be "thanks". I think it's the one word that I use the most when talking to strangers. Think about it: pretty much any time you spend money somewhere, you are obliged to say "thanks" upon receiving your change and/or receipt. When I stutter on this word, I feel like the other person thinks I'm rude or ungrateful for not thanking them.[/QUOTE]


I can definitly relate to what you are saying here. I find that I am often in a position where I need to say that word, mainly in shops like you mentioned. Usually I can get it out ok but sometimes there will be a delay while I am blocking and the clerk/staff member probably thinks I am rude while the block is going on.

[DKoz]

My name above ALL.

Everything else is a distant second!

[ak47oooo]

My first thought was my name too, kind of leaning toward "hello" or something, to greet someone back if they say hi to me first

[mos]

three

i struggle alot with this paticular number/word

:D

[emily445455]

Definitly my name.

[Imperfection]

I'm going to have to get on the bandwagon and say my name, too.

[JDRow]

When I saw the question, I was going to say "my name," but I completely understand the reason behind "thanks." So now I'm not sure which.

My girlfriend's name would be nice not to stutter on, too.

[ak47oooo]

My girlfriend's name would be nice not to stutter on, too.

Is that her in that photo? She's gorgeous. You lucky . haven't you read the manual? Stutterers have to be antisocial. You're now banned from this forum. :D

[Derek181]

actually i change my mind, i can say my name usually pretty well... but the sound that iam helpless on is any word with st or sn or a s and then a hard sound so if i could pick a sound not to stutter on it would have to be that. i cant say the word stutter haha

[spacebow]

The word "necessary" for me. I can say most words that are two syllables or less quite effortlessly. But for words like "necessary" I can't even remember the last time I used that word without stuttering.
"Necessary" not only has 3 syllables but it makes you repeat the "S" sound which I block on 80% of the time.

[emily445455]

"you too" is a hard one for me.

[tb1223]

"you too" is a hard one for me.

That's a good one. That gets me all the time.

[ak47oooo]

"You too" is not so bad for me if it starts of as "thanks", but I switch it. Like I'll slur or faze out like, "thaan, you too"

[NCStateGuy]

"but the sound that iam helpless on is any word with st or sn or a s and then a hard sound so if i could pick a sound not to stutter on it would have to be that."

same here man

Look up the "Gentle Onset" strategy... it is helpful.

[ak47oooo]

Look up the "Gentle Onset" strategy... it is helpful.

"Easy Onset" is described in the section "stuttering easily" (which is under "the all important ground rules") in the book Self Therapy for the Stutterer.

[Scotte85]

yep my name, its got so many dam S's in it lol

[happy7117]

Imagine you are given the option to choose one single word that, for the rest of your life, you will never stutter on. You will be able to say this word completely fluently at all times. What word would you pick?

My choice would be "thanks". I think it's the one word that I use the most when talking to strangers. Think about it: pretty much any time you spend money somewhere, you are obliged to say "thanks" upon receiving your change and/or receipt. When I stutter on this word, I feel like the other person thinks I'm rude or ungrateful for not thanking them.

One Word??? How about every single word one uses for the rest of his or her life each and every day untill they die! That's me.

[ak47oooo]

One Word??? How about every single word one uses for the rest of his or her life each and every day untill they die! That's me.

That's the spirit.

[pepegrillo]

three

i hate that number :(

[sst]

One word? My name. It starts with an "Sh", my least favorite combination of words! :mad: I think I stutter my name because I hate my name hehe.

[ak47oooo]

One word? My name. It starts with an "Sh", my least favorite combination of words! :mad: I think I stutter my name because I hate my name hehe.

is it Shawn or Sean, however you spell it?

[sst]

is it Shawn or Sean, however you spell it?

I wish! No, it's Sheldon. Like the egg that didn't hatch in the Garfield cartoons. When I was a kid that's what everyone always told me when I said my name. :mad: So yeah, I hate my name. Damn hippie parents! Oh well, I've had it for 23 years, I might as well keep it.

Is there a warranty on names? :D

Oh and I just realized, even though my name is Sheldon and I stutter, I am totally not a nerd. Just a dork. I'm too damn cool to be a nerd hehe.

[nate]

I wish! No, it's Sheldon. Like the egg that didn't hatch in the Garfield cartoons. When I was a kid that's what everyone always told me when I said my name. :mad: So yeah, I hate my name. Damn hippie parents! Oh well, I've had it for 23 years, I might as well keep it.

Is there a warranty on names? :D

Oh and I just realized, even though my name is Sheldon and I stutter, I am totally not a nerd. Just a dork. I'm too damn cool to be a nerd hehe.


so do yo boyfrinds call u Shelly?
LOL

[nate]

so do yo boyfrinds call u Shelly?
LOL

oh shit...i'm sorry...its just a joke, bad humor???pliz dont be mad..i'm already having a bad day.

[sst]

oh shit...i'm sorry...its just a joke, bad humor???pliz dont be mad..i'm already having a bad day.

Yeah actually my friends do call me Shelly! But only if they want to lose an eye. ;)

My boyfriends, no they don't call me Shelly. They usually make up weird names. :o

Why would I be mad? Your joke made me laugh! :D

[nate]

Yeah actually my friends do call me Shelly! But only if they want to lose an eye. ;)

My boyfriends, no they don't call me Shelly. They usually make up weird names. :o

Why would I be mad? Your joke made me laugh! :D

Thanks and praise be to God...i cant take another fight on here. i'm sorta at my wits end y'kno

Nate

[sst]

Thanks and praise be to God...i cant take another fight on here. i'm sorta at my wits end y'kno

Nate

You're a funny guy. :)

A wise man once said, "I'm a lover, not a fighter!".

[purpleocean]

it would be hello for me too but thanks would rank in the top 5

[Plucky Purcell]

My name. It's strange, though: I think my parents named me wrong 'cause almost no one calls me "Jason." I have more nicknames than I could count. (note that I can only count to 21 and that's with both shoes off and my fly unzipped. :D )

[emily445455]

Most definitly my name!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bluesboy95]

One word? Whereisthedustymagicaloillamp.

That way someone can tell me where to get it, so that I can ask the genie to wish my stuttering away. ;)

Nevermind. It would probably be my name.

[takinyede]

I say my name just fine. Its my job title that I struggle with. Most of the titles I have ever held had the word "Analyst" attached to it and for the life of me I can make it come out in pressure situations.

[jaissal]

it seems to be normal for us stutterers to stutter on our names. Even my name i struggle with. Jaissal.

[Season]

My name, Nick. Very hard to say, short and powerful - often with strangers I just say my name is Adam or something.

[Keyo]

i guess it would be '' I Love You'' or '' I Miss You'' ...
i just hate to stutter while saying things that comes straight from the heart...

[ClinPsy]

Anything that begins with "st"

[Jaykon]

2 things: first my name and second 'girl lemme hit that'
i mean, it just kills the iness of the moment

[nowayout]

My Name ... Every day I wish I had a name which I can spell so easily .. One time at school teacher asked my name and I just wasn't able to tell her... the whole class of laughing.
It was the worst day of my life .. I had to live with tht embarrassment till the time I passed out my schooling...

[kobe4three]

one word isnt going to make a differences at all..at the end your still a stutterer

[TheMan56]

" Hello ". I can't even greet people properly!!.

[saintnoel]

For me it would be "mom" and "dad"

[heyjoon84]

my name is almost the only thing i have trouble with. i just cant get that 'ahhh' or 'awww' sound out of my throat.

[PhilGarber]

Hi. That would help a lot.

[cjm555]

i think most people would choose their name.... i know i would

[Toney]

I have trouble pronouncing words starting with the letters H and L.

So I would choose not to stutter the word "Holiday".

[kodiak]

My name definitely, last name starts with a B and that always trips me up.

[nerrad]

Probably my name. Everyone is suppose to be able to say their name with no problem. They hear it, write, and say it all the time. When you block on it, people think you forgot your name. That is SO insulting and embarrassing. Your name plays an important role in meeting people too.

[James80]

I agree- My name. I usually say Arrrrr Jim. But then I think people think- who doesnt know their own name.
The words I struggle with use the same same mouth movement- Juh, Duh, Buh, Guh. I am sure somebody has a theory about this.
I read something about a guy that changed his name to something he didnt stutter on and then began to stutter on that word.

[MojoRizen]

Imagine you are given the option to choose one single word that, for the rest of your life, you will never stutter on. You will be able to say this word completely fluently at all times. What word would you pick?

My choice would be "thanks". I think it's the one word that I use the most when talking to strangers. Think about it: pretty much any time you spend money somewhere, you are obliged to say "thanks" upon receiving your change and/or receipt. When I stutter on this word, I feel like the other person thinks I'm rude or ungrateful for not thanking them.

I'm bad with 'm's, in combination with other sounds, such as 'military'. That one really brings on a block. 'L's also trip me up, routinely.

[ecurtis]

probably my name and any word with a W or a D in it.

[jamesm]

definitely my Name. Yea like others said, its so stupid when people are like <"YOU DONT KNOW YOUR OWN NAME?!"...... idiots.

[ptw]

I never stutter on my name. Phil slips out nicely.

Remember is a terrible word

[Sam1]

Pretty much the only word (okay, two words) that I ever consistently stutter on (my stutter's quite unpredictable like that) are biomedical science, the degree that I'm doing at uni. So, because of this, whenever I run into an old mate from back in highschool or something, it appears that I'm so immensely retarded, or stoned at the time, that I'm unable to recall what degree I'm doing: uhhhhhh...uhhhhh... b-b-b-b-biomedical s-s-science.

[agantx]

Imagine you are given the option to choose one single word that, for the rest of your life, you will never stutter on. You will be able to say this word completely fluently at all times. What word would you pick?

My choice would be "thanks". I think it's the one word that I use the most when talking to strangers. Think about it: pretty much any time you spend money somewhere, you are obliged to say "thanks" upon receiving your change and/or receipt. When I stutter on this word, I feel like the other person thinks I'm rude or ungrateful for not thanking them.

Most people who stutter have trouble saying their name. I sometimes have trouble too. So probably I would choose my name. But the word "thanks" is good too. If I could choose 2 words, I would choose both of them! ;)

[Holly]

Isnt it horrible that we will actually think about calling ourselves something other than our own name just because of the stutter that might come out of it? I think it is awful. What if you came to be friends with that person later on or see that person somewhere else with a friend, and they called you adam, your friend would be like..hmm..ok lol

[ekwensu]

mine is women, woman, probability, my name, fiction...more to come

[pixiedust741]

name, by far.
Ive tried EVERYTHING .. and nothing helps.
:(

[Justanimage]

'Yes' is my word. I hate it when you say 'yes' and then they ask you again just in case or something and your forced to stammer out a 'yes' again. Being able to say yes would also solve the problem of class registers even though 90% of the time I'm able to control such situations.

[osmanps3]

My name definetley

[Rightontime]

Im with everyone with saying their name

[Dinah]

I would also have to say my name. It is most definately the hardest word for me to say.

[prg5001]

BBC.

I once spent a good few minutes stuck on the second "B" and kept repeating the first "B". I was with some close friends who accept my stutter but even they were laughing and when I explained I fell about laughing as well. You've gotta laff.

[ccs90]

For me, it was hard saying "hello" when answering the phone and everytime I would answer it I would be trying my hardest to say "hello", if they knew me they would say how are you doing and know it was me automatically.
It was the same thing with my phone, but I realized that I was just scared that I was going to stutter so I just stopped caring. People already knew I stuttered, so why be worried? After I stopped worrying I began to say my name and being to answer the phone without a problem.
Is it just me or is it hard for you guys and girls to say words that start with vowels? It's hard for me to say a word that begins with an "o"

[skyblue]

"I"

wud b da word i'd choose

[Box of Clocks]

Is it just me or is it hard for you guys and girls to say words that start with vowels? It's hard for me to say a word that begins with an "o"


I struggle with words that begin with vowels to. It was once the other way around and I found them quite easy to say but in the last few years it is letters like A and O that give me the most trouble.

[trillion]

it breaks me when i cant call my work b/c i stutter my name. so i cant ever call out.

[stutterpain]

My name. It is really bad when meeting new people, luckily my friends and family introduce me which is nice of them.

[Kevlee]

My name. I think because it's the one word you shouldn't hesitate saying and the one word that has no substitute. I avoid situations where I have to introduce myself, making phone calls for example. It's funny, I can say my name fine to people who already know my name.

[dookers]

Definitely 'hello'

Imagine being able to start every conversation without silence, especially on the phone

[rodnorp]

My name. That always gets me.

[Stamr]

Where I live... sometimes I make up other places (in extreme panic), whatever comes more fluently - it's awful lol I feel like a liar.

[prg5001]

I feel fraudulent when I switch words and then don't express what I wanted to properly and sometimes then try to scrabble around and express thingn again lol.

[peebee]

I don't really stutter on any particular individual words.. but if I could choose one setting/place not to stutter it would def be during job interviews!:)