@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ Not just the tongue, but also the voice of the stammerer is imagined as
19th century: efforts made "to excise the stammerer's knot of speech"
19th century: efforts made "to excise the stammerer's knot of speech"
(pg 138)
(pg 138)
- German physician J. F. Dieffenbach: extended his practice of
German physician J. F. Dieffenbach: extended his practice of
correcting squint to stammerers
correcting squint to stammerers
- *phonophobia* = revulsion at the imperfect voice (described by
- *phonophobia* = revulsion at the imperfect voice (described by
Dieffenbach)
Dieffenbach)
@ -118,11 +118,8 @@ fail is for it to become adulterated, more than what it was." (pg 141)
"It is surprising how often animals and other foreign bodies insinuate
"It is surprising how often animals and other foreign bodies insinuate
themselves into less than perfect utterance"(pg 141) e.g.Donald Duck,
themselves into less than perfect utterance"(pg 141) e.g.Donald Duck,
or Porky Pig \* to have a frog in one's throat / a harelip / speaking
or Porky Pig
with a forked tongue / cat's got my tongue / to "buzz", meaning speaking
- to have a frog in one's throat / a harelip / speaking with a forked tongue / cat's got my tongue / to "buzz", meaning speaking unintelligbly or emptily / and "stut" is recorded as an alternative name for a gnat / a fly in the ointment of the voice / cuckoos as stuttering birds
unintelligbly or emptily / and "stut" is recorded as an alternative name
for a gnat / a fly in the ointment of the voice / cuckoos as stuttering
birds
Stuttering has been seen as an alienation from the human - wrestling
Stuttering has been seen as an alienation from the human - wrestling
with a foreign tongue \* early Greeks dubbed those from foreign lands as
with a foreign tongue \* early Greeks dubbed those from foreign lands as
