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  "title": "Stuttering or stammering: what do I mean?",
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  "source_markdown": "# Stuttering or stammering: what do I mean?\n\nBy [Craig Coffee](/craig-coffee)\n\nI use both words for the same speaking problem. In one conversation I said I grew up stammering, or what we call stuttering here in the States.\n\nI was talking about [my name](/stutter-saying-your-name), introducing myself, and [being called on to read aloud at school](/reading-aloud-in-front-of-people). Those were some of the situations that were so hard for me.\n\nIn another conversation, I said “my stammer or my stutter.” I was explaining the same part of my life: how much I wanted to speak, how I felt before an introduction, and what I kept working on.\n\nSo when you hear either word in my recordings, that's what I'm talking about.\n\nI've also talked about [the label I used for myself](/stuttering-and-identity). I wanted to think of myself as a person working on his fluency. I knew I was stuttering. I just didn't want it to be the defining characteristic of who I was.\n\nI'm a person with a life, interests, things I want to do, and people I want to talk to. That's the life behind either word when I use it.\n\n## Related answers\n\n- [How did I start working on my stuttering?](/how-to-stop-stuttering)\n\n[Find your question](/questions)\n",
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      "source_markdown": "I use both words for the same speaking problem. In one conversation I said I grew up stammering, or what we call stuttering here in the States.\n\nI was talking about [my name](/stutter-saying-your-name), introducing myself, and [being called on to read aloud at school](/reading-aloud-in-front-of-people). Those were some of the situations that were so hard for me.\n\nIn another conversation, I said “my stammer or my stutter.” I was explaining the same part of my life: how much I wanted to speak, how I felt before an introduction, and what I kept working on.\n\nSo when you hear either word in my recordings, that's what I'm talking about.\n\nI've also talked about [the label I used for myself](/stuttering-and-identity). I wanted to think of myself as a person working on his fluency. I knew I was stuttering. I just didn't want it to be the defining characteristic of who I was.\n\nI'm a person with a life, interests, things I want to do, and people I want to talk to. That's the life behind either word when I use it.\n\n",
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      "source_markdown": "## Related answers\n\n- [How did I start working on my stuttering?](/how-to-stop-stuttering)\n",
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