How People Stutter

Marble101 Member

From: New Jersey USA Registered: 2011-09-05 Posts: 112

In English, when someone stutters, they'll say something like
"I wanted a c-c-c-cookie" where -c- is pronounced like the cu in "cut".
In Hindi (another language) the same thing applies.

How do people stutter in Japanese since (by looking at the Kana I have concluded) no "uh" sound exists in Japanese. So if a puny Japanese guy met a muscular man in an alley late a night, what would he sound like?

Shakunatz Member

From: 東京 Registered: 2009-08-18 Posts: 97

Here you are

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLmECNee … &t=24s

yudantaiteki Member

Registered: 2009-10-03 Posts: 3619

Man, someone made this thread before and I posted:

Japanese people cannot lisp because the sounds don't exist in the kana syllabary. If they stutter, they have to do it in kana form because the language doesn't have consonants and vowels, it just has kana. Also because they speak in kanji, it makes it less likely that they will stutter because they speak in ideas rather than sounds like Westerners.

I thought this was an obviously silly joke but I guess not :-/

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Marble101 Member

From: New Jersey USA Registered: 2011-09-05 Posts: 112

Where did you get that from?

eslang Member

Registered: 2012-01-27 Posts: 98

@Marble101

ザ・リアルマッコイズ (The Real McCoy's)

ノンフィクション／吃音医師奮戦記 (Non-fiction: Dr. Stammering Challenge Account)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hZMN81SDkM

【感動動画】吃音センセイ―桜舞う校庭で (A Japanese lady account of her journey overcoming speech stammering/stuttering)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwSPGwcfBeI

Hopefully, this query (OP) is meant for research purposes as well as to create a more accommodating and understanding society.

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