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Words Fail Us
In Defence of Disfluency
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Have you ever listened to a TED Talk and been blown away by the speaker’s polished eloquence and flawless delivery? Society lauds such hyperfluency. So if everyday conversations trip you up, leave you struggling for words and earn you pitying glances, you may feel self-conscious and humiliated. This is the reality for most people living with a speech disorder, according to Jonty Claypole, former director of BBC Arts. Claypole has stuttered all his life, but he embraces his impediment. He advocates the power of disfluency and calls for society to broaden its definition of good communication.
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Jonty Claypole, a former director of BBC Arts, is the chairman of HOME, a Manchester-based arts center. The Bookseller listed Claypole among its top 100 most influential people in 2020.
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