The fallacy of believing that we stutter worse on certain letters.

[Anonymous]

What do you guys think about this? Many of my PWS have told me at one time or another that they stutter on particular letters. Do you think that there is some truth to this? Or are we choosing to stutter on those letters because we are focusing on the letter and not the crutches?

[Gábor]

I don’t think that’s true. If we’re singing or humming (I’ve heard about “Humdronian speech” from another coach), we can say any letters with ease.

[Javier]

I agree. If we stutter more on particular letters it is because we consciously or subconsciously fear those letters, and therefore we stutter on those. It is the same as why we stutter more when saying our name compared to any other name.

[Anand Khemka]

Is it advisable / Possible to take note of FFW for self and then practising a Crutch to mitigate it?

I realised while saying my phone number 98390… I would get stuck at 3 after saying 98 and would have to take a very long pause and pressure that word.

Now I start with 983 together using the crutch of jamming it with the earlier word.

Can that Help?

[Anonymous]

Anand, you tell us. Has it been working?

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