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Raen Posted 18 years ago
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it's almost like "stuttering", but not really

0Take Al Roeker the weather man, one of the 4some on NBC Today show, I don't believe he has a speech problem, but he does it exclusively when he reports lives otherwise he talks perfectly fine.02br
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00I tend to believe he does that for effect, stuttering unimportant words here than there to give out an "unscripted" feel to what he's reporting........it doesn't do it for me. Like some people, I find it annoying. So how would you describe that "psuedo-stutter"? Is there a word for it?02br
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00Thanks a lot02br
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0 He may be stumbling over words, or looking for the right words, or hesitating while he finds the right words = all recognisable in people speaking extempore and without a prompt board.0-
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0Thanks Feebs, you may be right about him stumbling innocently over his words.02br
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00If you would allow me to play up my thread a little, I am looking for a word or a phrasal verb that says someone stutters but does it intentionally?02br
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00I hope I'm making sense. Thanks.02br
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