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Stutter and stammer
Since I am here by invitation ( unusual in Usenet groups )I thought that I might ask a question.
A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a reserved and unsocial personality.
On the other hand a stammer tends to be found in quite high status people.
I wonder if anybody here has a evidence for either of these ideas.
"They cooked him on the Nine Stane Rig
And a grand brothe they made on't,
And had his gear and beasts awa'
His good wife and his daughters twa,
He, 'twas salt tae the broth they made on't.
- Scotch ballad, quoted by George MacDonald Fraser in 'The Candlemass Road' * TagZilla 0.057 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org
A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a reserved and unsocial personality.
On the other hand a stammer tends to be found in quite high status people.
I wonder if anybody here has a evidence for either of these ideas.
"They cooked him on the Nine Stane Rig
And a grand brothe they made on't,
And had his gear and beasts awa'
His good wife and his daughters twa,
He, 'twas salt tae the broth they made on't.
- Scotch ballad, quoted by George MacDonald Fraser in 'The Candlemass Road' * TagZilla 0.057 * http://tagzilla.mozdev.org
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[/nq] Who invited you and on what authority? EMWTK. [nq:1]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a ...
- [/nq] Who invited you and on what authority?
- EMWTK.
- [nq:1]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a ...
- be found in quite high status people.
- [/nq] Why contrast "a reserved and unsocial personality" with "high status"?
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[nq:1]Since I am here by invitation ( unusual in Usenet groups )I thought that I might ask a question.[/nq]
Who invited you and on what authority? EMWTK.
[nq:1]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a ... be found in quite high status people. I wonder if anybody here has a evidence for either of these ideas.[/nq]
Why contrast
Who invited you and on what authority? EMWTK.
[nq:1]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a ... be found in quite high status people. I wonder if anybody here has a evidence for either of these ideas.[/nq]
Why contrast
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[nq:1]Since I am here by invitation ( unusual in Usenet groups )I thought that I might ask a question.[/nq]
What is the ratio, would you say, between those who have invited you to those who wish you'd ****** off? Would 1:80 be a fair estimate?
[nq:1]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people[/nq]
Sure
[nq:1]and tends to go along with a reserved and uns
What is the ratio, would you say, between those who have invited you to those who wish you'd ****** off? Would 1:80 be a fair estimate?
[nq:1]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people[/nq]
Sure
[nq:1]and tends to go along with a reserved and uns
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[nq:2]A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem ... anybody here has a evidence for either of these ideas.[/nq]
[nq:1]Why contrast "a reserved and unsocial personality" with "highstatus"? The two don't seem to me to be mutually exclusive. Obaue: "a" evidence?[/nq]
And who on earth said there was a difference between a stammer and a stutter? I grant, though, that it may some
[nq:1]Why contrast "a reserved and unsocial personality" with "highstatus"? The two don't seem to me to be mutually exclusive. Obaue: "a" evidence?[/nq]
And who on earth said there was a difference between a stammer and a stutter? I grant, though, that it may some
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[nq:1]Since I am here by invitation ( unusual in Usenet groups )I thought that I might ask a question. A stutter is pretty well established as a nervous problem in some people and tends to go along with a reserved and unsocial personality.[/nq]
That's funny ,but three of the worst stutterers I know are very forceful and outgoing people.
That's funny ,but three of the worst stutterers I know are very forceful and outgoing people.
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[nq:2]Since I am here by invitation ( unusual in Usenet ... tends to go along with a reserved and unsocial personality.[/nq]
[nq:1]That's funny ,but three of the worst stutterers I know are very forceful and outgoing people.[/nq]
It isn't funny, it is an interesting datum.
Secretly I have always held the opinion that it would be less depressing to be alcoholic than to be anonymous
[nq:1]That's funny ,but three of the worst stutterers I know are very forceful and outgoing people.[/nq]
It isn't funny, it is an interesting datum.
Secretly I have always held the opinion that it would be less depressing to be alcoholic than to be anonymous
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[nq:1]I am, however, puzzled as to why anyone would attach an automated .sig to posts, since the contents bear no relevance to the post or the poster as far as I can see.[/nq]
Er... doesn't Evan do that?
Robin
Er... doesn't Evan do that?
Robin
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