August 6, 2008


confession

When I find myself talking to a person who stutters, I try so hard not to stutter that conversations become awkward and near impossible, and I end up sounding like a shithead.

posted by Brandon Hobson in consciousness, odd, psychology, self-help 

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4 Responses to “confession”

  1. Kris on August 7th, 2008 at 4:05 am

    I will confess that when I am faced with talking to someone with severe facial deformities/burns that I take my glasses off/contacts out.

  2. Sheila Ryan on August 7th, 2008 at 6:52 am

    Brandon, I’ve not experienced what you describe, but what gets me into trouble on occasion is my tendency to adopt the locution of the person with whom I’m speaking — accent, rhythm, vocabulary . . . . There is something psittacine about me.

  3. Mike Dresser on August 7th, 2008 at 7:36 am

    I tend to speak more intelligently to women; with men, I drop down to monosyllables.

    What I mean, is, ’sup bro? [upward head tick]

  4. Amanda Mae Meyncke on August 7th, 2008 at 9:28 am

    I do this but only with Alabama accents when I answer the phone at work.

    Me: Hello, _______, this is Amanda.
    CC: Hello thair, how’y'all doin’ o’er thair?
    Me: Aww y’knaw, er.. we… are doing… fine.

    and it comes across as pure mockery and I have to get off the phone as quickly as possible.

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