Stand corrected Mike,
I havea speach impediment but since you have not spoken to me on the phone you would not have known that.
Mine comes from the first several years of life before they knew I was partly deaf, I pronounced words the way I heard them and it was not the way people with normal hearing heard them.
As for letting others know I am part deaf, I always tell them upfront that I might ask you to repeat something due to my deafness and not because I was not paying attention, works every time.
I had a couple friends years ago that stuttered, there are many levels of it, most stop talking for a few seconds to gain control over it and then continue on. There are special classes to help control it, I believe most states have deaf schools and also provide those classes.
As for "stuttering" Bob I have spoke with him many times, yes he does stutter and at times it can be hard for him but how does someone deal with it, you stop talking and let him finish what he is saying regardless of the time it takes him.
After all it is not his brain that does not work right, he knows darn well what he wants to say, it is the stuttering that slows him down.
And he is not the least bit embarrased about it IF you know not to interrupt a stutterer till they stop talking completely.
As for Scott Stone, have met the guy a few times and never once noticed his stammering, could be I did not hear it or he was acting normal at the time. Or I just don't give much thought to the fact that we all have some handicaps in life, be it blind in one eye, deafness, overly short, heavy, very tall etc.
Always treat others as you would want them to treat you if YOU had their handicap, try going a day blindfolded before you make fun of the blind, plug your ears so you cannot hear for a day and see what I go though, I have never heard birds, violins, sirens till the are very close to me ( I drive with my eyes, meaning I use my mirrors more then most), try not talking for day (muteness) yes there are people who can hear but not talk.
Like blonde jokes, making fun of others who stutter, talk funny (my way of saying a speach impediment) wear very thick glasses is not only wrong but in this day and age is called discriminating.
Not to sound like a jerk but people have sued others over crude remarks on those things.
MIKE WHAT DID YOU SAY AGAIN ABOUT NOT KNOWING SOMEONE WHO TALKS FUNNY
Jon