Stuttering in Different Languages

[RickyC]

I am from Spain and I speak Spanish. The Spanish language, specially Castillian (spain spanish) spanish is very sharp and the words are pronounced very sharp and clear, which makes my srtuttering worse... so when I speak spanish it's extra difficult because it isn't like english that ithe words roll fluidly.

just something I wanted to share, and seeif anyone else had other opinions.

[Standingtall]

I stutter in my native tongue and in English and even tried French, no luck there either.

[sobie]

I speak 3 languages and I think that at first it might be a little easier to speak a foreign language, because it's so easy to hide your stutter in it. at least this was the case for me.People who don't stutter also have the tendency to use a lot of pauses, 'eehhs' and 'ahhhs'. So a listener might not hear your stutter at first, which you possibly couldn't hide in your native language, therefor a 'fake' feeling of security might make you more comfortable at first, but that doesn't last very much, let me tell you :D
Another thing which might be part of the bigger picture is that often you hear how actors (who stutter) don't or hardly stutter when they play 'a role' that is 'someone else'. Speaking in a foreign language could slightly detach you from your good old self, and might partly brake the connection with your stutter, but not for long :D
But to come back to the first post Ricky :
I think the fact that sharp sounds make your stutter worse could possibly be 'artificial', as many stutterers gather a very long list of difficult sounds/letters/situations over time, on which they focus all to well, irresistable at times, on/in which they have very little confidence, and fail once too often. I myself have a terrible problem with the 'm', and whenever I catch myself scanning the words I'm about to say and notice an 'm' I'm done for. For others this might be a 'G' for all I know. So once you are convinced that sharp sounds make you stutter, you're done for. A counterstrike for this problem is possibly to use the sounds alot you fear the most, cause (this has been proven I believe) when someone repeats a sentence full of fearsome monsters 5 times in a row, they stop stuttering, try it ! Read a text to a friend 5 times in a row, and watch what happens, write it down and put it above yer bed in a frame :p
Take care and keep up the good work !
Jan

[TOTELA]

I am from Spain and I speak Spanish. The Spanish language, specially Castillian (spain spanish) spanish is very sharp and the words are pronounced very sharp and clear, which makes my srtuttering worse... so when I speak spanish it's extra difficult because it isn't like english that ithe words roll fluidly.

just something I wanted to share, and seeif anyone else had other opinions.
¡I am from the Basque Country! ¿De dónde eres exactamente? Yo vivo en un pueblo de Gipuzkoa.

Well, here is my point... I speak in two languages (basque and spanish), and I stutter more when I speak in basque. My main problem are words starting by vowels, especially at the begining of a sentence.

PD: RickyC, I have sent you a private message.

[BenLZ]

I've stuttered in english, spanish, and mandarin.