Michael Sylvester writes on stuttering: >…With the newly released film (which I have not seen) >The King's Speech, he should probably hesitate on >criticisms of some British associations. King George V1 is >also mentioned by the BSA as does Somerset Maughan (sp).
The new film on King George VI and his efforts to overcome stuttering is not, of course, revealing anything that hasn’t long been known (except in the details). For someone who has to make public speeches, it is not something easy to conceal. Checking (again) to see if there’s a difference between stuttering and stammering, I was surprised to find this on Wikipedia: “Stuttering is sometimes popularly associated with anxiety but there is actually no such correlation (though as mentioned social anxiety may actually develop in individuals as a result of their stuttering).” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering I think this must refer to the *cause* of stuttering, as it seems likely that anxiety would exacerbate the problem. Psychological explanations for the origins of stuttering seem to have gone out of fashion: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttering#Causes_of_developmental_stuttering Michael writes: >A commentator remarked some genetic basis to stuttering >but I am not buying it. I would hope it is not a question of anyone “buying” this, but of examining the evidence. Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org ------------------------------------------- From: michael sylvester <msylves...@copper.net> Subject: King George V1 and stuttering. Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 17:43:57 -0200 In an earlier post I mentioned that Darwin was a stutterer according to info I got from the British Stammering Association. Allen Esterson, however, was skeptical of info from self-interest groups like the BSA. With the newly released film (which I have not seen) The King's Speech, he should probably hesitate on criticisms of some British associations. King George V1 is also mentioned by the BSA as does Somerset Maughan (sp). As the only Tipster with an extensive background in Speech Pathology and Stuttering,I subscribe preferably to the conditioning and learning theoretical approaches of Wendell Johnson (iowa),Van Riper at Western Michigan,Bringelson (Minnesota) and Yates (Westrn Australia). A commentator remarked some genetic basis to stuttering but I am not buying it. Btw,I will be writing a work titled- OVERCOMING STUTTERING:JOURNEY IN AND JOURNEY OUT. Stay tuned. Michael "omnicentric" Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7371 or send a blank email to leave-7371-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
