| 单词 | stammer |
| 例句 | “You don’t want to do that, sir,” Polly said, stammering a little. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z Now he looks at me with genuine dismay and begins to stammer. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z I stammer out a barely audible, “Sí, señor,” too scared at the moment to be able to speak in a second language. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z “What .. .Why ...” Mark stammered for the right thing to say. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z She took a deep breath and stammered on. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z If he’d tried to say anything, could he have gotten the words out without snorting or belching or stammering or doing something else that made him seem like a total dork? The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Well—ah—not perhaps in the strict sense,” ~ stammered Uncle Andrew. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z “You . . . were . . . supposed . .. ?” the man stammered, obviously unused to French. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z When a stammerer stammers their eyeballs pop out, they go trembly-red like an evenly matched arm wrestler, and their mouth guppergupperguppers like a fish in a net. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Lord Gyles, more grey of face than ever, stammered out a tale of seeing the High Septon spilled from his litter, screeching prayers as the crowd swept over him. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z “I—I heard that he got his powers in a bad way,” stammered Tazviona. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did...did…,” he started to stammer out, because he needed to know what the criminal had done, what made her a criminal. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z In fact, after my first run of visits to Mrs. de Roo five years ago, by the time my hay fever began everyone thought my stammer was cured. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Matt realizes that they have tricked him again and the laugh-ter makes him mad and when he gets mad he stammers. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z “An—uh—I’m an American,” I stammered, not quite sure what she was asking. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The magistrate’s face got red, and he stammered, “I said... What I said was, er, I said there would be an empty house, and...” Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The clerk turned red and stammered, “Y-yes sir—sorry, sir— and I hope you won’t take my previous comments as anything other than jest...” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z “I ventured to think,” stammered Bernard, “that your fordship might find the matter of sufficient scientific interest ...” “Yes, I do find it of sufficient scientific interest,” said the deep voice. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Hamlet did not greet me, nor did our eyes meet I was disappointed yet relieved, for I would have blushed and stammered had he spoken to me. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z “Uh-uh Oliver Twist, if you please, sir,” she managed to stammer out. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z “I... I don’t really know how to use a computer,” stammered Cara, blushing. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve forgotten it already, Sister,” Ben stammered, and the class laughed. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’m sorry you saw the murder—” he stammered. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z “It is light that defeats the dark,” he said stammering,—“light.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I said okay, 'cause actually I'd wanted to but I hadn't asked 'cause I was ashamed, and 'cause mentioning my stammer makes it realler. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I didn’t like what this did to my interactions, the way my presence sometimes caused people to stammer or go silent, unsure of how to be themselves. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Caught by surprise, Marco only manages to stammer something he hopes resembles his standard impartial agreement. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean you...I mean, I didn’t know how it worked here,” stammered Gregor. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z And so the old man bowed several times, gave his blessings and stammered his wishes for a good journey. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z “We can get married, Amanda—if—you want,” he stammered to save face. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I shake my head and let the truth stammer out. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Here the poor roach began fizzing so much, what with its stammer and its tearful disposition, that it became quite inarticulate and could only stare at Merlyn with mournful eyes. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s not...not. Nothing,” I said, stammering on my words like a stalling engine. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z Caught, I stammer, trying to come up with some kind of explanation, because I know how bad this must look—but Mrs. McCracken’s face softens. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “We were looking for our daughter,” Ba stammered. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z Another of the men had many violent beatings in order to ‘break’ him of his stammering and ‘fits,’ as well as to correct him for his allegedly ‘bad’ behavior. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He felt good, speaking so well; usually around Mr: Sloat he stammered. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z And Wang Lung stammered and muttered, and would have spoken, but when he took his pipe from his mouth, no sound came, and he stared at his son. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z “I ... I ...” he stammered and pulled from his pocket a long, gleaming knife; it was already open. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I am terrified, especially at the beginning, of being recognized by some friendly business owner or erstwhile neighbor and having to stammer out some explanation of my project. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes—but I mean...” he stammered, “I didn’t think...” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “I don’t think of her like that. She’s a—she’s—” Grandfather lifts a silver eyebrow as I stammer like a fool. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z Anything was better than opening that door “No. No, thank you,” I stammered. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z After he had cut but the light again I suddenly heard his stammer in my inward hearing—“Genry—” Even mindspeaking he never could say “l” properly. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z Just a line or two every day, where I write when, where, and what word I stammered on, and how I felt. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Have—have other people lost their parents?” stammered Matt. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I stammered as he came down the stairs. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to—I mean, I heard you talking,” Frank stammered. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z If I stammer with Dad, he gets that face he had when he got his Black & Decker Workmate home and found it was minus a crucial packet of screws. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I can say that without stammering, at least. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z She'd probably love to have my stammer if she could have her leg back, and I wondered if being happy's about other people's misery. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z And then it comes to me suddenly, from childhood, my first stammering definition of communism to Anatole: They do not fear the Lord, and they think everybody should have the same kind of house. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t—” he says, stammering, trying to put it off. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z I stammer, stumbling for the right words to say. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I stammer for a moment, for I have no real explanation. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z “I don’t know you. I don’t know you,” he stammered as I worked on the knots in the rope. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z I stammered something about the old ladies at the fruit stand, and Mrs. Dodds, and my mom stared at me, her face deathly pale in the flashes of lightning. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z I started to stammer something, but he cut me off with a laugh. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z “Hadn’t we better talk about it somewhere else?” he stammered, looking horribly uncomfortable. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z I floundered for a killer put-down line without any stammer words in it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “What? What are you talking about?” he stammers as he scrambles out to face me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “What does the 'A’ stand for?” stammered the nervous bug, too frightened to move. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z ‘But I thought,’ he stammered as Elrond turned towards him, ‘I thought that the fall of Gil-galad was a long age ago.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z “Well, I—must take my leave,” he stammered, edging away. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z She says, askingly, "We thought Neutral Milk Hotel was playing?" and I look down and say, "Me—" I stammer for a second, and then say "too. I'm here for them, too." Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z Mrs. Clarke merely stammered, “Eh!—eh!—eh!” but offered no explanation. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z “There are many altars...we can hope that...in her heart of hearts...” the pastor stammered. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Among the trees the wood pigeons called drowsily and from time to time a late cuckoo stammered. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z I open my mouth and begin to stammer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I stammered, my voice low and my mind understanding and yet failing exactly to understand. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “I—I want to be your knight,” I stammer. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Uh, well . .. birthdays have never been a very big thing around our house,” he stammered. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z In extreme misery, faltering and stammering, she gave her sisters to understand that she could not deny what they said, because she had been with him only in the dark. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z In addition to four trolls who looked like very small and hairy human beings, thirteen little glass men and women climbed into Elinor’s buses—and so did Darius, the unhappy stammering reader. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Then he turned his face aside and said, stammering, “But tell me where you will go, what you will do.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z I stammer there, open it, and there in front of me is the guy who jumped my cab. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z I stammered nervously as I introduced him to Mother, who was blending bergamot and ylang-ylang, clicking her fingers to test the proportions. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Their delight was too great to note that their announcement may have occasioned any uneasiness in me, though I stammered, and imagine I blushed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z Something falls to the floor on his end and he stammers the beginning of three different answers. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z “I didn’t mean to butt in — But the wizard didn’t look up. He continued to read, frowning slightly. Harry drew nearer to his desk and stammered, “Er — I’ll just go, shall I?” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “It’s Father’s friend. I’m so surprised to see you!” stammered Meg, feeling that she was in for a lecture now. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The student who is not a girl and the professor who is not a man are considered strange; the first has an unfortunate skin condition, the second a nervous stammer. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I tumbled down into reality, hot-handed and self-conscious, with my face aflame, and began to stammer my apologies. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Yakov’s features contorted with such rage that my heart stammered in my chest. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “Oh yes, yes!” stammered Darius, casting an almost reverent glance at Mo. “Is that him?” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Barely could talk to a girl without stammering. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z But I could not make out Young’s personality; whenever I asked him a simple question, he looked off and stammered a confused answer. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. I mean, maybe? Sorry...I didn’t mean...I know you like to read,” Phil stammers. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z “I don’t know, sir,” the chaplain answered diplomatically, with an uneasy stammer. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Oh! I—I cannot come to the thicket today,” he stammered. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Jacques stammers, backs away from him slowly, and then turns and runs inside to get me. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z Suddenly he stopped and stammered, overcome with surprise to hear himself saying such things. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z Still when winter came he could speak only with a stammering tongue, and the Master Herbal kept him there in the healing-chambers, trying to lead his body and mind gradually back to strength. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z Aech must have thought I was brown-nosing, because she snickered throughout my stammering monologue, but Og was very cool about it. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “But, um, can—” Mini stammered as she stared yearningly at the headband. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “They—they’re trying to get away from the water,” he stammered, hoping it was true. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Red-faced boys appeared at my desk, stammering, “Y-y-you dropped your eraser.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z “I find that my feelings...lie too deep for words, only...God be with you,” I stammered, weeping now for the loss of a second mother. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Janus’s right face stammered “Yes!” the left face said “Shut up!” the right face said. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z “I’m so—sorry,” I hear my mom stammer. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z Talking 'bout my stammer's nearly as embarrassing as stammering itself, but it's okay with her. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z I started to stammer out an explanation but he waved it aside. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z I stammered a bit, but then told her the truth for some reason. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z “But it’s your friend!” the boy had stammered defiantly. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Yessuh, there’s four of us,” he stammered, trying to show that he was not as stupid as he might appear. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z “Oh,” Ash said, and then stammered, “it — it is, yes. This is where I live.” Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He caught himself and stammered a little, then smoothly cried out, “MA CHERÍE!” and slung me over backward in a swooning Hollywood kiss. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z “I just—I’m just trying to keep you safe,” she stammered. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z Her expression lay somewhere between anger and disappointment but settled into a familiar look of annoyance as Ophie began to stammer out an excuse. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “Do you mean——” stammered the bug, who suddenly felt a bit faint. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, well, actually, it’s not her cells being put into people’s eyes,” I said, stammering. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z “Umm, well,” Molly stammers, beginning to wonder the same thing, “I rang the buzzer a few times and then I just let myself in.” Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z The music died away in a nervous stammering of drums. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z Willie stammered because he was excited about whatever he was trying to say. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z Alhaji, who stammered with terror, tried to say something, but the chief kicked the side of the stool that he sat on and proclaimed, “I do not want to hear any word from a devil.” A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Uh. I just wanted a chance to explain what happened,” I stammered. Doing Time Online 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z When she had finished she waited, as though for a reply, and I remember blushing scarlet, stammering some sort of thanks in return, and dropping both my gloves in my confusion. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z “He was still busy choosing books,” he stammered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Outside, the far-off boom of artillery, then, more closely, the stammering of a long string of gunfire, followed by another. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z “Are you going to give me the reward?” the child stammered, frightened to death. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z I'm going to stammer worse than I've ever stammered in my life. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z It was Robert de Sorbonne’s turn to stammer. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z “Well—I mean—yes—I suppose,” Mama stammers. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z “Eve! Mother of all! Eve, again! Mother Eve!” stammered Lena Feldt, sobbing. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Ranofer was stammering with the force of his wanting to go. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z Before I can stammer apologies, she continues, voice pitched low. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “The trousers—” he began, but there was no time to say more and he stopped short, confused and stammering. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, I can’t,” I stammered, pushing away a memory of raw fingers digging in the mud and the smell of burning hair. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z He had both a stammer and a lisp, and was set to reciting, “The Spanish ships I cannot see them, for they are not in sight” in order to overcome them. Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z “Nobody sent me. I just moved here. I work at the Fabric Barn with Holly Paine,” I stammered. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z And among those many voices, and stammering with his own, John would care no longer for her testimony. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Luke’s entire body went flush and he stammered, “It’s at school. In my locker.” We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z People always think that not stammering is about jumping in at deep ends, about baptisms of fire. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “Ah, sir, ask no more, ask no more of poor Dobby,” stammered the elf, his eyes huge in the dark. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “M-morning,” he stammered to Harry as the lift set off again. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My mouth made a little round O. “If I run into her, I will,” I stammered finally. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “I guess, I guess I wasn’t thinking after all,” she stammered. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Taisin turned red, the color streaking across her throat and face, and she stammered, “M-my sister is gifted in her own way.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z “No. No. Nothing like that. Except, well,” I stammer. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “There’s a girl—a young lady—at the Prairie Lea picnic tonight that I’d like to take for a short drive, ma’am,” Harry stammered. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Now Hamlet blushed and stammered, and I could not help but smile. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z There's no way I was hiding my stammer now. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He couldn’t stop stammering his thanks, sounding just like Professor Quirrell. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z As the emperor stammered his gratitude, the Queen Mother nodded to him and gave the sea of bowed heads a glance of acknowledgment. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z “P-Peeves?” stammered Filch as though he had never heard the name before. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I’d never had a girlfriend before and I’d never stammered and sweated like that, either, but I wasn’t going to let any of that stop me. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Patria had come in, acting very nervous, stammering about those boxes being full of new tools. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z And when Wang Lung stammered and blustered, not understanding, “Well—and what—well and what—” his uncle opened his coat and showed him what was against its lining. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z After every rocket blast, Laila raced to the street, stammering a prayer, certain that, this time, surely this time, it was Tariq they would find buried beneath the rubble and smoke. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z Two Step stammered, but then they both fell back down as the brachy reared back, letting out a terrified howl. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “Well—why didn’t you say so before?” stammered the man who had asked for service. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “It—it is not a question of—” she stammered. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “They took him in there,” I stammered, and pointed to the room where Stick was. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z “I—if...Then I’ll take my leave,” he stammered, and bowed. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “I—I really appreciate this, Mrs. Eggers,” I stammered. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z I stammered, blushed, and tripped over my own boots on the way to my seat. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I had read with awe how the Communists had sent phonetic experts into the vast regions of Russia to listen to the stammering dialects of peoples oppressed for centuries by the czars. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘I am afraid I am only in everybody’s way,’ he stammered; ‘but I should like to do anything I could, you know.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z "It takes a while for the—" Beck stammered. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “After Spiral Castle,” Taran stammered, “I never thought to see you alive.” The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z “Dear me, I didn’t know anyone was here!” stammered Jo, preparing to back out as speedily as she had bounced in. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z The reporter, flustered, stammered out something about the rarity of successful comebacks. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “But I am so...so—” she stammered to a halt. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z “I have not got one...I have just come for it,” I stammered. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z "No, I guess not, I just --" I stammer, and the wine is not helping. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z She took pronounced, heaving steps, and hummed something low with the stammer of each step. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z I didn't want to dent the morning's shine by stammering, so I tried to slip by Mr. Castle without being seen. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “T-Tehlu’s blessing be upon you!” the owner of the Half- Mast stammered explosively. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “Thanks—thanks for saving his life,” stammered Ear as he checked Eye for wounds. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Dean Wilkins clears his throat, stammers for a second, and then says that yes, by all means, I am welcome to return and sit my exams. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Shaking with fear, the man stammered that he hadn’t. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z As the doctor watched, the husband turned red, pulled himself together so that he seemed even smaller, tried to disappear under his bedsheets, and stammered out words in a barely audible voice. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z The black shipping clerk looked away from me as he stammered something about the trip to the post office not really being so bad. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “I hope they don’t turn around and see us,” Miss Spider stammered. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z ‘Oh,’ stammered Pippin, ‘he was a man who went about with us. I think he is in Rohan now.’ The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z At this the roach rushed up like a hen, burst into tears, and began stammering its message. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, I’m not sure, but——” Milo stammered after several minutes of frantic figuring. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z But throughout her sixteenth year, even this kind of talk gave way to stammering and flushing and, at the very best, questions about the weather. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z "Your Highness, I hope I have done nothing to offend you, but if I have, my sincerest apologies," Astrid stammers out. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Darius nodded and bowed again, this time to Mo. “These—these are all stories with treasure in them,” he stammered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z I expect Hideo’s next words to have something to do with my hacking incident, so I immediately start to stammer some sort of apology, as if that might help my case. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Oh no, miss, we—we—” one of the other guards started to stammer. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z “Wait, I can’t do this,” I stammered as Meir tied off the final knot. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z “I—I didn’t come here last night,” Jan stammered. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z For the world called to the heart, which stammered to reply; life, and love, and revelry, and, most falsely, hope, called the forgetful, the human heart. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z “I heard that the soldiers are already on their way to get the rebels out of the mining areas,” Gibrilla stammered. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “Where did they all come from?” he stammered. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z “Are you screaming at me,” my father said, incredulous, “at me, your father. You-you-you my own flesh and blood,” he stammered. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “In English. I didn’t—” I tested the word “know” a couple of times but saw I was going to stammer spastically on it. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Yanna was starting to stammer, but she took a deep breath and continued. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z Sam blushed a vivid crimson and tripped over his own tongue as he tried to stammer out a courtesy. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I know Mrs. de Roo was saying, See, you can read aloud without stammering. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z He stammered guiltily, "Please, I must ask you never to mention this conversation to anyone." Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “We have a sea bass special today,” she stammered. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I sat stunned, hand still reaching toward the pillow where the envelope had been, stammering, “I... I mean ... I wasn’t...” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Mother stammered, choking on the word when she saw Jonas dressed for academy. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z That expression of his used to terrify me into stammers. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yes, Ma,” he said, hoping that she would realize, despite his stammering tongue, the depth of his passion to please her. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z Blushing, I stammered out that it was none of my business and please forget I asked. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z He stammered out the details of his discussion with Mars the night before, but he felt much more tongue-tied in front of Grandmother. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z "I'm—I'm—" Claudine stammers out, a deep blush climbing through her entire body. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He stammered for a moment, deepening his disadvantage, then recovered as best he could. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Octavian stammered, “I wasn’t—” “—part of the quest,” Percy said. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z “It hurts, it hurts,” I stammer as loud as I can to get his attention. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z Ivy nodded, ready for June to grimace or stammer some excuse. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z In addition, family legend has it, our GP had such a bad stammer that my parents were loath to broach the subject with him. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z “I – I don’t know how to be wholeheartedly supportive from across the country,” I stammered. My boyfriend’s wedding dress unveiled my own shortcomings over masculinity 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z But, afflicted by a stammer since childhood, his speech is a disaster. Tongue-tied 2011-01-06T08:18:39Z After running through a stammering new song about emotional paralysis, “You Had Your Soul With You,” the musicians requested some tweaks. The National Was Stalled. Two Outsiders Got the Band Moving Again. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z Helena Bonham Carter is on reliable form as Bertie's wife A moving portrayal of George VI's struggle with his stammer: accurate on its characters' personalities, but not on their politics. The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud? 2011-01-13T17:25:00Z Back then he cloaked his stammering delivery in a high-pitched gravelly voice, an almost inhuman tone, but goofy as opposed to monstrous. It’s Bobcat Goldthwait’s moment: With “Misfits & Monsters,” he’s not hiding anymore 2018-07-14T04:00:00Z They all try to describe James’s distinctive manner of speaking, which was an extremely deliberate, pause-filled, somewhat stammering effort to grasp le mot juste. The Late Late Phase 2016-07-21T04:00:00Z Tom Hooper's richly enjoyable and handsomely produced movie about George VI's struggle to cure his stammer is a massively confident crowd-pleaser. The King's Speech ? review 2010-10-21T15:33:00Z He answered that the key was not to play the stammer but to play trying not to stammer. Colin Firth studied stammer for royal role in 'The King's Speech' 2010-12-18T02:05:18Z “I came to stay on a kibbutz and learn Hebrew,” I stammered. He made me his drug mule 2013-05-01T11:45:00Z “Hi, I’m sorry, but I have a pickle update,” he said, stammering a bit. 50 Cent, Renaissance Man 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z Instead, “I stammered into her face, spit some, choked on nothing, coughed, and spit some more.” A Comic Coming-of-Age Novel Laced With Social Commentary 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z "I want to buy a suit," I stammered. | A Tale of Two Tailors 2013-01-07T16:48:56Z Photograph: Phillip Chin/Getty Images The King's Speech, a funny and moving film that recounts George VI's battle with his stammer, has been given a 15 rating, much to the annoyance of its director. The King's Speech is given a 15 rating 2010-10-21T15:36:00Z These children are experts at hiding their stammers. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z In the presence of others, Daisy stammers more than George does — because she’s a woman in love. Hyde Park on Hudson: FDR, His Mistresses and the King 2012-12-06T18:00:05Z The film is about the chronic stammer of George VI and his treatment with an Australian speech therapist. Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush admit to paralysing stage fright 2010-10-26T21:25:00Z You wanted more sheer vocal beauty during Billy’s aching final soliloquy, before he is put to death for killing Claggart by striking him during a stammering fit after being falsely accused of mutinous actions. Music Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd’ at the English National Opera 2012-06-25T22:16:47Z I tried to explain leaky gut, but I’m sure I was stammering and blushing. Motherlode Blog: The Rabbit Hole of the Rare Childhood Diagnosis 2013-02-01T19:34:26Z The film relates the struggles of Queen Elizabeth II's father, King George VI, to overcome a debilitating stammer as he took the throne in the years leading to World War II. Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' 2011-01-30T11:48:09Z The King's Speech and Black Swan lead the nominations with the story of King George VI's battle with his stammer receiving 14 nominations, and Portman's ballet movie gaining 12. Baftas 2011: surprises and sure things 2011-01-18T15:15:13Z We want to get people to speak out and let people know that it takes courage to live with a stammer. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z "Which, maybe – I mean – maybe, I shouldn't," she stammered. In exchange about Clinton on “The View,” co-host Meghan McCain admits: “I call her Crooked... 2018-07-27T04:00:00Z On the subject of sex, a subject that makes so many stammer, clam up or crack wise, Esther Perel, a couples therapist and author, is uncommonly eloquent, even rhapsodic. The Couples Therapy Expert Esther Perel Takes On Sex and Sexuality 2014-01-24T22:13:57Z These "30 Rock" actors and others are also exceptionally good ad libbers, a useful skill to have when a scene goes south and everyone around you is stammering and bumping into furniture. Can a live "30 Rock" succeed? 2010-10-14T16:40:00Z "The light, the light," she stammered, taking one last look over her shoulder. A sneak peek at the Broad museum draws an enthusiastic crowd 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z Max asks her, and less than convinced by her stammered assurance, drives the guilt trip further home: “But I’m not first.” | 'Fish Eye': Friends With Entanglements, Hoping for Benefits 2011-06-10T23:40:01Z "I remember her referring to the stammer and his battle against it, and I think she spoke with affection toward him, as did most of her generation." Colin Firth studied stammer for royal role in 'The King's Speech' 2010-12-18T02:05:18Z When you starred in “The Bob Newhart Show,” in the 1970s, is it true that producers asked you to cut down on your stammer? Bob Newhart on His Secretly Sick Humor and Turning 90 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z "He listened to King George VI on the radio in the war, and he thought, well, if a king can overcome his stammer, so can I," Hooper said. Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' 2011-01-30T11:48:09Z Shaw maintains much the same pitch for both male and female characters, while giving a poshy golf-club accent to one, a huffy bumbling one to another and an unobtrusive stammer to a child so afflicted. The five best audiobooks of 2014 "The King's Speech," a drama revolving around the efforts of the future King George VI to overcome a crippling stammer, was Hooper's third feature film. Tom Hooper wins directing Oscar for "King's Speech" 2011-02-28T04:13:34Z It howls and stammers, but it also sings.” DVDs: Amiable Tramp Drifting Through Postwar Japan 2010-03-05T23:18:00Z But every stammering noise, every strained movement demonstrated powerful imagination and psychological force. Dance Review: At American Realness Festival, a Range of ‘Fringe’ 2014-01-16T23:19:53Z Whenever I think of myself as a little kid, I remember I had a stammer. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z "It's amazing, you don't stammer when you're on the air," my relatives said. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z As his power unravels, his speech begins to splinter: he stammers over some words, repeats others as if gearing himself up, and falters as he searches for the next phrase. Richard III; The Doctor's Dilemma; The Fire Garden – reviews 2012-07-28T23:06:10Z Despite this undeniable link, my stammer has never made it into my fiction; I've always been wary of that. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z The seriousness of Bertie’s stammer is a direct reflection of the amount of stress he is under. The Oscars: The Prince and the Uncommon Commoner 2010-12-31T18:57:13Z “Step into my mind,” he seems to be saying, as he stammers or curls his lip or blinks catatonically. Theater Review | 'A Behanding in Spokane': Packing Heat, and a Grudge 2010-03-05T04:55:00Z Keith Austin, whose stammer developed when he was five years old. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z “We have you down for an hour,” the organizer stammered. Kevin Starr will never be replaced: William Deverell remembers the historian and author 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Achatz replied, embarrassed, stammering out something rote like, "You know how kids are." Grant Achatz: The making of Chicago's top chef ... and what's Next 2011-02-15T06:00:00Z The drama depicts the struggles of the stammering British King George VI, played by Colin Firth, and his unlikely savior of a speech therapist. "King's Speech" reigns with Producers Guild award 2011-01-23T08:56:16Z Watching him grow flustered and stammer out an angry response mid-interview before storming off is one of several lovely moments “The Panama Papers” highlights. “The system is rigged”: How the crimes of “The Panama Papers” affect us all 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z Nowadays, stammering is believed to be multi-factorial – partly genetic, partly physiological and compounded by negative experiences. The King's Speech means stammerers understood 2011-01-17T16:00:00Z By the time his friend and competitor for the round, Ross Parsons, joined him, Mr. McCarthy looked defeated, stammering out his jokes. Insult Comedy as Blood Sport: The Rise of the Roast Battle 2016-07-29T04:00:00Z His father sits him down to ask about his future plans: “I don’t know … I want it to be …” stammers Benjamin. Here’s to you, Mrs Robinson: why The Graduate unites warring generations 50 years on 2017-06-15T04:00:00Z In large groups Daisy stammers more than George does — because she’s a woman in love. Hyde Park on Hudson: FDR and the Stammering King 2012-09-12T17:00:19Z That’s what the high school boy known variously as Milk Carton and Egg Muffin asks a DVD store clerk after some stammering feints in the Tamil movie “Super Deluxe.” ‘Super Deluxe’ Review: A Tamil Film, With a Cosmic Indie Vibe 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z There are the early stages of her singing, which began as a good way to stop her stammer. Review: In Carly Simon’s Memoir, Few Secrets Left Untold 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z From then on, I stammered and spluttered in a manner that only Colin Firth could do justice to. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z In that moment she thought of a joke to use when the song was over: “That was adorable and ... and ... and,” she said, employing her characteristic stammer, “really, really creepy.” Ellen DeGeneres Is Not as Nice as You Think 2018-12-12T05:00:00Z The cheap saw blade stammers as I work to keep the wood straight. The stories war tells me 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z David, he recalls, used to mock his stammer by addressing him as “B-B-B-B-Bertie.” The Oscars: The Prince and the Uncommon Commoner 2010-12-31T18:57:13Z Through all the years that I insisted on talking despite my stammer, it is this high I was chasing. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z When Billy, who has a stammer that comes and goes, tries to defend himself in Vere’s quarters, he cannot get the words out. Opera Review: Britten’s ‘Billy Budd,’ From Glyndebourne to BAM 2014-02-09T22:34:46Z Mr. Eisenberg plays Simon with cringing, stammering authenticity, and he also plays James Simon, a man who is Simon’s exact replica and his complete opposite. Movie Review: ‘The Double,’ a Brainteaser From Richard Ayoade 2014-05-08T21:07:49Z Socially unprepared, she developed a stammer, lost confidence and had poor grades. Doris Grumbach, Author Who Explored Women’s Plight, Dies at 104 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z The king, he said, couldn't pronounce his R's properly and struggled with a variety of sounds — in the recordings there was almost no word that was free of the stammer. Colin Firth studied stammer for royal role in 'The King's Speech' 2010-12-18T02:05:18Z Mr. King conquered a childhood stammer to become a radio performer in the late 1940s. B.B. King, Mississippi master of the blues, dies at 89 2015-05-15T04:00:00Z "In white suit and a Panama hat, and with the light, stammering gaiety of the functioning drunk, Huston perfectly embodies a character at once comic and creepy, mother's boy, homosexual stalker and patricidal psychopath." Critics applaud Strangers stage play 2013-11-20T12:58:45Z So while I wouldn’t say that stammering drove me to become a writer — this impulse comes from elsewhere — it did influence the type of writer I have become. David Mitchell: By the Book 2012-10-20T09:00:06Z I think what Bertie – King George VI – experienced as a child was that his stammer was somehow being connected with his slowness of learning, or the fluency problem was also a lack of wit. Colin Firth: 'Playing the stammering king had an effect on me, a semi-paralysis' 2011-01-09T20:30:01Z It was the first of many wins for the film about Bertie's battle with his stammer. Bye bye Bertie 2011-03-01T09:47:33Z At school, he was dreadfully shy and suffered from a stammer, but was also an incorrigible show-off. Rupert Graves: 'Genuinely, it helps in this business being called Rupert' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z By this time I had somehow managed to wrestle my stammer under control to the extent that, unless tired or stressed, I only had problems with a few words. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z Subjected to similar treatment in his state school in south Wales, Nye Bevan, a miner's son, became both withdrawn and belligerent, learning to control his stammer by facing audiences, preferably hostile. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z “No,” I stammered when a participant began to question me. Review: Mean Streets ‘Underneath the Freeways of Los Angeles’ 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z “I’m not — I’m not thinking of any right now, senator,” Kavanaugh responded, stammering a bit. Perspective | Ketanji Brown Jackson did define ‘woman’ at her confirmation hearing 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Lopez stammered, Tyler said, "I don't know what happened with this," and Jackson almost swore before the camera cut away. "American Idol" down to eight: ranking the field 2011-04-08T18:54:35Z The King's Speech, which tells the true story of King George VI's attempt to overcome his stammer with the help of maverick Australian speech therapist, Lionel Logue, is due for release on Friday. Finding the real King's Speech 2011-01-04T20:29:21Z It was one of the few things we could find of him stammering on camera. 'King's Speech' director's biggest fear: Giving a speech 2011-01-20T19:15:34Z All I know is, I got off that flight many hours later with a new, very serious and very obvious stammer. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z None of them had been transformed into a national joke by Melissa McCarthy on “Saturday Night Live,” which effectively neutered a man who had already shown himself to be a stammering, disheveled bag of sadness. A Fox News afterlife for Sarah Huckabee Sanders: Why she's perfect for the job—and Sean Spicer's not 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z The film is about the friendship that develops between the stammering monarch and his unorthodox speech therapist, played by Rush. King's Speech reigns over Baftas 2011-02-14T16:28:10Z This is a book where lines like "my heart stammers in my chest", appear on just about every page. Not the Booker prize: Advice for Strays 2010-09-27T12:49:00Z Not bad for a pawnbroker's son with a terrible stammer from the grimy Staffordshire potteries' town of Hanley who dreamed of escape. In celebration of the 'unknown' Arnold Bennett 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z The piece works beautifully in concert with “English as a Second Language,” which shows two Turkish schoolboys stammering their way through poems by Edward Lear. Art in Review: Kutlug Ataman: ‘Mesopotamian Dramaturgies’ 2012-12-13T20:56:37Z A friend professed surprise that I even had a stammer. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z The noises were so subtle and enmeshed in other sounds, but they were the record of his stammer,” Hooper says. They Dreamed a Dream: Les Misérables Is a Whole New Kind of Movie Musical 2012-12-04T17:00:00Z The future for children with stammers and other speech difficulties looks mixed. The King's Speech means stammerers understood 2011-01-17T16:00:00Z So did Mr. Toibin, who somewhere along the way had begun to stammer. Colm Toibin on Elizabeth Bishop: A Different Kind of Literary Tango 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z The film tells the story of the father of the Queen, who was afflicted with a bad stammer, as he prepares for war, aided by Geoffrey Rush, as his speech therapist. Englishmen at 50 2010-09-25T23:07:00Z Or perhaps the film-makers were thinking of Charles I, another stammering king: he tried to correct his speech by filling his mouth with pebbles and talking to himself. The King's Speech: True blood or right royal dud? 2011-01-13T17:25:00Z To compensate the members of his stammering tribe, Maxwell provides a lucky few of them with a song, often a pop parody with flat lyrics that allow their feelings to soar momentarily on off-key wings. Hotel Room Theater: Richard Maxwell's 'Showcase' at the Millennium Biltmore 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Her cheeks are in a state of permanent semi-blush, and he conveys stammering, tongue-tied desire. ‘Cyrano’ Review: Who Wrote the Book of Love? 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z No one ever said my stammer was a big deal, so I just assumed it wasn’t. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z I can't recall a time when I didn't stammer, when I didn't fear the spoken word. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z Then Norwich town hall, opened in 1938 by King George VI, "the stammering monarch made famous by hit movie The King's Speech". Rewind TV: Veep; Alan Partridge: Welcome to the Places of My Life; Line of Duty; Richard II; Walking and Talking – review 2012-06-30T23:05:43Z “Jambon,” I stammered, my brain registering a flicker of recognition from a long-since-forgotten French class. Caitriona Balfe: The First Time I Left Home (and Fell in Love) 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z The financial crisis hit, fund-raising stammered, designs were pared, new leaders cycled through and plans for an opening were delayed a half dozen times. A Harlem Institution Reimagines How Americans Interact With the African Continent 2023-04-26T04:00:00Z He's the king of the shrug, the dean of the deliberate stammer, the prince of the sideways peep. New leaf for Bob Newhart 2011-01-17T14:57:23Z Hugh Grant is her estranged mate Paul, who cheats, leaves rambling voice mails and stammers. 2009-12-18T01:18:00Z There is no question in The King's Speech of Firth or Tom Hooper exploiting George's stammer sparingly. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z The rapper stammered on the other end like a high schooler without his homework. Atlanta Rap Keeps Evolving. Quality Control Is Taking It Global. 2017-11-21T05:00:00Z Its star, recognised for his role as stammering monarch King George VI, jokingly thanked the gala's organisers for helping him stave off a midlife crisis. Glee and Network dominate Globes 2011-01-17T04:16:58Z Yet when Frank challenges him at a public meeting about possible water contamination from fracking, Steve stammers as if the question had never before been raised. Matt Damon’s Promised Land: What the Frack!? 2012-12-21T10:45:15Z It tells the true story of King George VI, thrust unexpectedly onto the throne by his elder brother's abdication, and his battle to overcome a stammer with the help of an unconventional speech therapist. 'King's Speech' takes on 'Black Swan' at UK Oscars 2011-02-13T12:08:09Z Marcus stammered and said Time Warner Cable was focused on building its business. Media consolidation becomes dating game for cable CEOs 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Constand, who often appeared confused on the witness stand, stammered that she hadn’t. Our culture is full of myths about rape. Bill Cosby trial prosecutors want to tell us what really happens. 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Mr. Grant is known for his romcom stammers, but here is restrained and commanding. Review: ‘A Very English Scandal’ Is Very Good. And Scandalous. 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z In considering this period after her mother’s death, when public sentiment was so high against her father, Cate stammers when pressed about her emotions. Cate Edwards: A steadfast daughter to John Edwards, despite pain and scandal Colin Firth is considered the likely winner for best dramatic actor for "The King's Speech," in which he plays Queen Elizabeth II's father, George VI, amid his struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer. A king and a Web kingpin face off at Golden Globes 2011-01-16T15:54:08Z It didn't help my stammer, but it made me a little less concerned about the way I sounded. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Tom Hooper's monarch-ish drama about King George VI's struggles to overcome a stammer on the eve of the second world war is a deftly shot, beautifully acted, curiously moving tub-thumper buoyed by a classy bromance. A critic's view of the Baftas 2011 2011-02-14T01:15:17Z Wittgenstein, on a dais, would begin to stammer. John Maynard Keynes Can’t Save You Now 2023-01-23T05:00:00Z “I always operate with a fair amount of self-loathing when I’m performing. The minute I think, ‘You’re killing, Neil, you are aces,’ it’s when I misspeak or stammer or get something wrong. Neil Patrick Harris Prepares for ‘Hedwig and the Angry Inch’ 2014-02-19T13:00:18Z Mr. Richter made abstractions at the same time as these photo paintings, but only in 1980 did he pick up a squeegee and drag it along successive layers of paint, to produce stammering, arrhythmic compositions. The Sublime Farewell of Gerhard Richter, Master of Doubt 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z Instead, he used a jazzy rhythm and spoke quickly, in bursts of stammering digressions that mixed repurposed Yiddish with rhetorical turns of phrases that aimed for literary pleasures. Lenny Bruce Shattered Taboos, but Was He Funny? 2016-08-09T04:00:00Z As it happens, two of the greatest operas of the 20th century have eponymous characters who stammer. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Despite the fact that the NFL has been stammering around the notion of openly gay players for some time now, the fact is none in its ranks have yet come out. Michael Sam is the future of football 2014-02-10T20:30:00Z He can be a master of hesitating stammers and tics, but his performances never seem mannered; that is his brilliance. Celebrating Benedict Cumberbatch's best movie misfits 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Strathairn plays Tom less like a stoic Atticus Finch and more like stammering Jimmy Stewart. "Where the Crawdads Sing" is a stupefyingly bad adaptation of spoon-fed melodrama 2022-07-15T04:00:00Z Christopher Isherwood was so impressed by a stammering master at his public school, Repton, that he and several friends affected similar stammers. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z He visits Harriet’s grave, encountering her sharp-eyed neighbor and stammering that he didn’t know the deceased. Book review: ‘The Murder of Harriet Krohn,’ by Karin Fossum 2014-12-28T05:00:00Z Children start to stammer, usually, at around two-and-half to three years old, when they start to form complete sentences. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z They’re packing larger venues; rock critics fluster and stammer in their presence. Jonny Greenwood, Radiohead?s Runaway Guitarist 2012-03-10T20:47:20Z In much the same way, Logue endows the stammering future George VI with the ability to speak to, and for, the nation. The King's Speech on stage ? review 2012-02-10T23:00:36Z Lee stammered out a very unsatisfactory answer about not liking racism, but being especially bummed that America discovered his racist tweets, as if that was the bigger issue. 'The Bachelorette': Rachel Lindsay Faces 15 of Her Exes 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z Annie and Her Sisters Like many protagonists in Woody Allen’s movies, the title character in his new film, “Blue Jasmine,” sometimes speaks with a familiar stammer and exhibits a telltale existential dread. Woody Allen’s Distinctive Female Characters 2013-07-17T12:00:01Z There he struggled with a stammer that would plague him into early adulthood. Geoffrey Holder, Dancer, Choreographer and Man of Flair, Dies at 84 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z God, I hope Kendall sings in front of an audience again, and Greg stammers his way into failing up somehow, and Gerri and Roman’s erotic entanglement deepens and Shiv continues her reign of ecru terror. 10 Things Our Critics Are Looking Forward to in 2023 2023-01-01T05:00:00Z The British/Australian film is a critically acclaimed portrait of a stammering monarch preparing for war. 'The King's Speech' Named Fan Favorite at Festival 2010-09-19T21:28:00Z They knew me, they knew the stammer; I could relax. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z When Dylan starts to object, a small tear begins to bead up in the corner of Amber’s left eye, her chin trembles and she stammers out something about “my special day.” Post Hunt 2015: Opening questions 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z Colin Firth plays the unhappy George VI in 1930s Britain, crucified with shame at his stammer; Geoffrey Rush is Leonard Logue, the outspoken Australian speech therapist who is the only man who can help. Nine of the best films for 2011 2011-01-03T08:00:11Z To make matters worse, he stuttered badly and was bullied at boarding school, not only for his stammer but for wetting his bed and being such a poor scholar. New True-Crime Books for Fall 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z Actually, I realised them because my stammer never stopped me from trying to tell people stuff. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z “I can’t even believe what I just saw,” the Maroon 5 singer stammered. 'The Voice' recap: Teams Gwen and Pharrell get their grooves on 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z The tragedy of the people doomed to think of themselves as white lies in their denial of these origins: they become incoherent because they can never stammer from whence they came. Review: ‘Roots,’ by Alex Haley 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z The King's Speech stars Firth as the stammering King George VI British movie The King's Speech leads the nominations for next year's Golden Globe Awards, with seven nods in key categories, including best film drama. King's Speech leads Globe Awards 2010-12-14T15:15:41Z When he finally expresses what he’s thinking, in a stammering stream of words—he’s been “thinking, like, about Martin Luther King”—Tamerlan cuts him down savagely. Review: Mark Wahlberg and Patriots Day Assay American Courage 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z The required poem was stammered, presents were given and Constantin was left standing and staring in amazement. William Blacker in Romania 2010-12-18T00:06:01Z In just two seasons, Braun has slid seamlessly and un-self-consciously into Greg’s blundering fish-out-of-water rhythms, whether he is excusing the mispronunciation of his own name or stammering his way through a U.S. How the ‘Succession’ Star Nicholas Braun Elevates Cousin Greg 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Look at the happiness in his eyes because he finally gets to raise a finger and interrupt a stammering authority figure again. Roll of a lifetime: Robert De Niro's ad for Warburtons bagels is his best work in years 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Feeling nearby heads turning in the tube carriage, I once again went into stammering mode. How I came out to my three kids 2014-05-17T04:00:00Z Conversely, specialists in fields where objective authority is still prized rarely stoop to the hesitations and self-doubts of stammering confessors. ‘NPR Voice’ Has Taken Over the Airwaves 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z Still, she says the plum role in "The King's Speech" was that of stammering King George VI, which was snagged by Colin Firth. King? Queen? Helena Bonham Carter would rather be King! 2010-12-09T21:49:00Z The surprise, both in the writing and the performing, is how deftly we learn of the factors contributing to the stammer. 'King's Speech': A pair of restrained scene-stealers 2010-12-16T16:18:00Z When he recognises instead the pallid, infirm figure of Doc Holliday, he is suddenly terrified and stammers that their previous disagreements don't amount to a real quarrel. Why I'd like to be ... Val Kilmer in Tombstone 2014-07-17T04:00:00Z I told them: “This stammer got me a home in Beverly Hills.” Bob Newhart on His Secretly Sick Humor and Turning 90 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z British actor Colin Firth, who stars in "The King's Speech" as stammering wartime monarch King George VI, was named best actor. Hollywood actors honor "King's Speech" 2011-02-01T00:02:05Z She will stammer and explain herself and say, “Oh, I always do that. I’m known for my hugs and kisses, all up and down the lake!” Ask Amy: Woman wonders about dating disclosure Lady Danbury's promise to the young Simon to "help you overcome this stammer of yours" is the first expression of this "love" that conquers even racism, nations, and stammers. From Biden to "Bridgerton," how our stuttering heroes bring a restoration of democracy 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z Then he strategically stammers before leaning into the joke: “And you’ve got to learn how to rap or play basketball or something,” he says. Dave Chappelle Returns to Stand-Up, With Stories to Tell 2013-08-15T11:55:00Z “Is it me?” he stammers, pointing to his chest, just above his heart. Ayn Rand goes to “Silicon Valley”: The farcical libertarian world of Mike Judge, where corporations are the new soul-crushing villains 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z And when two nonmodel women came up, stammering and giggling, he politely helped them talk. A Chef Is Cooking 2011-03-10T00:22:56Z I stammer apologies for my terrible acting, but he shakes his head. Nicolas Cage: ‘If I don’t have a job to do, I can be very self-destructive’ 2018-10-01T04:00:00Z The dyslexia is borrowed, with permission, from my son, but her lifelong act of fear and concealment is lifted directly from my stammer. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z The runner-up for best screenplay was David Seidler for "The King's Speech," which stars Firth as Queen Elizabeth II's father, George VI, as he struggles to overcome a debilitating stammer. 'Social Network' named best film by LA critics 2010-12-13T02:01:00Z It's pretty much as you'd expect the home of a young man with a stammer and poor social skills to be, though the details of McDowall's world are decidedly askew. Brilliant Adventures – review 2013-05-14T18:32:00Z I was shy, I stammered, I didn’t have many close friends. My name is Jack Monroe, and I’m an alcoholic. But now I’m recovering… 2019-01-05T05:00:00Z Very often we talk to teachers who say: 'I've been teaching for 20 years and never had a stammering child' and we say: 'That's just statistically not possible. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z Thanks to 's searingly accurate portrayal of stammering, people are beginning to understand that this isn't just an annoying inconvenience. The King's Speech means stammerers understood 2011-01-17T16:00:00Z Starring Colin Firth as King George VI, who struggled with a stammer in the early days of his reign, Tom Hooper's film is nominated for seven Golden Globes. Oscars race: The Social Network fears late box office run by True Grit 2011-01-06T14:02:08Z Two generous encores brought the show to the two-hour mark, prompting Allen to say good-night in his trademark, stammering delivery: "If I don't get eight hours of sleep, I look my age." Woody Allen's jazz band warmly received 2011-12-27T19:45:04Z He went to a speech therapist to overcome the stammer and it was she who spotted his acting potential. Rupert Graves: 'Genuinely, it helps in this business being called Rupert' 2019-07-24T04:00:00Z Because his character labors, mightily, with the burden of a severe stammer, his role entails considerable technical challenges. 'King's Speech': A pair of restrained scene-stealers 2010-12-16T16:18:00Z Firth, nominated for his performance as the stammering King George VI, added: "Not used to this much joy or this much champagne at this hour." King's Speech leads Oscars pack 2011-01-25T17:34:34Z Or does a stammer count as a disability? The new Oscars diversity rules show Hollywood is inching in the right direction | Steve Rose 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z Plagued by a nervous stammer, he enlists the help of a speech therapist and is eventually able to lead the country into World War II. "King's Speech" wins top Toronto film fest prize 2010-09-19T21:39:00Z Colin Firth, who plays George VI, listened to archive recordings to research his stammer for the film. Tongue-tied 2011-01-06T08:18:39Z You have written that you see your stammering as “an informant about language.” David Mitchell: By the Book 2012-10-20T09:00:06Z Four times they’ll be told that Elizabeth’s father, King George, suffered from “gnashes,” or outbursts of temper, caused by frustration over his stammer. Yet Another Serving From the Royals Banquet 2022-11-13T05:00:00Z Tall and imperial, Dance, 67, grew up working-class in England and overcame a teenage stammer to devote himself to theater. ‘Game of Thrones’ in-laws go way back together 2014-04-02T22:37:32Z It includes guidance on how to identify children who stammer and short, clear strategies on how to support them in both primary and secondary schools. The King's Speech means stammerers understood 2011-01-17T16:00:00Z The distance, regardless of my history, is palpable, typified by an intelligence lieutenant who stammers through an interview, unsure exactly of what to divulge. Memorial Day’s lessons in amnesia 2012-05-24T15:04:00Z I would be prepared to go into court as an expert witness to testify to the unique authenticity of his stammer. The Oscars: the hot tips from those in the know 2011-02-20T00:05:33Z Hooper also had warm praise for "The King's Speech" screenwriter, David Seidler, who overcame a stammer himself as a boy growing up in Britain around the time of World War II. Hooper earns top DGA prize for `King's Speech' 2011-01-30T11:48:09Z Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield received an award for The Social Network, stammering, mumbling and looking down, as if entirely in character. Baftas 2011: Peter Bradshaw on the winners and losers 2011-02-14T14:57:24Z How about a tender, sensitive account of Adolf Hitler's painful battle to conquer his stammer in the run up to the first Nuremberg Rally? Oscars 2011: We have the success, but what now for British film? 2011-03-01T08:21:30Z A self-described “militant teenager” with a pronounced stammer, Mr. Gill said he had a strained relationship with his father, who urged his son toward journalism. A.A. Gill, British columnist and food critic with an acid wit, dies at 62 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z But bashfulness is no longer necessary for the man who for a decade played the fumbling, stammering Neville Longbottom in the Harry Potter films. Matthew Lewis Can’t Believe He’s a Romantic Lead, Either 2021-01-18T05:00:00Z For Firth, and for director Tom Hooper, the film's biggest challenge was getting the stammer right. Colin Firth studied stammer for royal role in 'The King's Speech' 2010-12-18T02:05:18Z “Er, I don’t wish to be rude,” she stammers. How psychopaths take over 2012-10-13T17:00:00Z Leslie stammers, clutches the V.P., demurs on his nonexistent offer of Hillary Clinton’s secretary of state job. A Biden Moment 2013-01-26T01:36:39Z He was the only person in my life who never shrank back or became impatient as I wrestled with my stammer. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z It shows up in every travelogue stammering on about the island’s “timelessness” or fixating on its dilapidated buildings and beaten down muscle cars as if the land were enchanted. Cuba and Curiosity at the New York Film Festival 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z But underneath the neurosis and the shrugging, stammering self-directed put-downs was a powerful sense of entitlement. My Woody Allen Problem 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z Firth conquers his stammer at the end of “The King’s Speech,” and then shares his victory with his wife, daughters and the crowds cheering outside the palace. Lindsay Doran Examines What Makes Films Satisfying 2012-01-15T04:13:03Z Even her smallest parts are comprised of fine, tender brushstrokes: one of her best is as the shy, stammering Rose in David Lynch’s The Straight Story. The miracle of Sissy Spacek – why it's time to rediscover her genius 2018-12-06T05:00:00Z Mr. Firth’s performance as the stammering George VI made him a clear Oscar front-runner, earning fans even among his film’s competitors. The Carpetbagger: A Swirl of Back Patting on the Statuette Circuit 2011-01-12T23:17:49Z He stammers, mulling for an uncomfortably long time, while the camera pans around his guests at the table; by the time the shot pans back to him, he’s turned, randomly, into a werewolf. Rediscovering an Ambitious Sketch Comedy That Never Caught On 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z When Tynan read it, he remarked that he couldn't understand how Somerset Maugham, who'd died the previous year at the age of 91, could have become a millionaire and still stammered. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Arnold Bennett's mother believed his stammer came from having been dropped on his head at the age of three, though HG Wells thought Bennett received some sexual shock in his youth. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Mei, who has locked herself in the bathroom, having “panda-ed” for the first time, can only stammer in response. With ‘Turning Red,’ a Big Red Panda Helps Break a Glass Ceiling 2022-03-07T05:00:00Z “You just opened the legs and we had the bas–basic instinct, the basic Basic Instinct shot,” Meyers said, stammering a bit and laughing nervously. Watch Lena Dunham Describe Going 'Basic Instinct' in Girls 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Before her tears started, Ms. Ruiz managed to stammer, “It’s embarrassing.” Ted Gibson, Celebrity Hairstylist, Lobbies for an Oscar for Hair 2012-02-14T21:01:12Z As a future writer, however, my stammer was an effective if merciless boot-camp instructor. David Mitchell: By the Book 2012-10-20T09:00:06Z And he hits the stammer, and you see him start to drown. 'King's Speech' director's biggest fear: Giving a speech 2011-01-20T19:15:34Z Later, though, when their talk turns to sex, these young, capable women stammer and even panic, and the palpable heat that they’ve stirred up — simply by being young and alive — condenses into an oppressive fog. ‘Happening’ Review: An Abortion Story, an Existential Drama 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z I also had a brief encounter with Maugham in 1960, recording a radio interview at a literary prize-giving in London, when he began by politely apologising for his stammer. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z "It feels great! I don't think. … I don't know about that," he stammered. In China, foreign film junkets take on a funny flavor 2014-05-13T04:00:00Z They were impatient of my stammering, and if they did not ignore me completely, which I preferred, they bullied me. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z There was a time when Ozzy didn’t stammer or do reality TV. Perspective | A dozen albums for a penny? I’ve still got mine, and plenty of time to listen. 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z For the first few years, I had the stammer all the time. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z When I met him for the first time, I was kind of stammering. Conan O’Brien Wants to Scare Himself With the New, Shorter ‘Conan’ 2019-01-14T05:00:00Z "I haven't ministered to you enough," Alan stammered, recalling the original purpose of their visits a decade and a half ago. Our last visit, on death row 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z Brains, the eccentric genius, stammered but always found a solution. Gerry Anderson, 83, Dies; Made Futuristic Puppets 2012-12-28T06:47:23Z She was in late middle age and suffered from being a late onset stammer. Colin Firth downplays actors' importance to society 2011-01-14T02:08:48Z You know that Ash will stammer and blush and say something endearing, and that Violet will end up in full black leather handcuffed to a bed in Argentina. ‘Vicious’ Stars Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z As soon as dyslexia made its presence known in our house, I was struck by its similarity to stammering. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z Sadly, Logue died in 1953 and, anyway, would probably not have made the trip to east London, 10 years later, when a boy of five started to stammer. Stammering: lost for words 2011-01-09T20:29:00Z It connected to me in similar ways to The King’s Speech, where a man is locked in his body by a stammer and he’s helped by a tender friendship. Watch Eddie Redmayne Become Lili Elbe in First Trailer for 'The Danish Girl' 2015-09-01T04:00:00Z I stammered a little less at home, but dinnertime was always tense. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Critics are also tipping him for an Oscar nomination later this month for his portrayal of a stammering King George VI. Colin Firth receives Hollywood Walk of Fame star 2011-01-14T00:39:32Z At critical moments his speech becomes as fractured as his thoughts, and he stammers. Macbeth; Circle Mirror Transformation; The Paper Architect – review 2013-07-13T23:05:59Z I thought of an excerpt from the “Principles of Necrophysics”: “It is hard to believe that stuttering and stammering were ever regarded as speech impediments.” Shelley Jackson, Author and Advocate of the Monstrous 2018-10-24T04:00:00Z The film starring Colin Firth as Queen Elizabeth II's father, a reluctant king coping with a debilitating stammer, took in $1.1 million in 43 theaters, averaging a healthy $25,000 a cinema. `Tron: Legacy' uploads at No. 1 with $43.6M debut 2010-12-19T19:46:04Z Mr. Wilder loses his breath while shrieking and stammering, “What?” Gene Wilder’s Understated Nuttiness 2016-08-30T04:00:00Z Absent from the writer's list was "King's Speech," a drama about the stammering British King George VI that has made several best movie lists among critics. Film producers, writers solidify Oscar race 2011-01-04T22:00:26Z Emboldened by his stammer and hoping to impress my headmaster, I got up and asked him a question about what the council would be doing about the cinema and jazz. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Without knowing what he is doing, Parker semi-accidentally beats up around half a dozen menacing guys in a subway carriage while stammering and apologizing like a New York Hugh Grant. The Amazing Spider-Man – review 2012-07-04T11:42:32Z “I don’t know what I did in this life to deserve all this,” stammered Swank on stage at the Dolby Theater with her second statuette. Hilary Swank on grit, love, trans rights – and her three-year screen break 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z At worst, a few stammer over the syntax, but they all get through it. The wedding I almost ruined 2012-06-13T00:01:00Z Where stammering parents and mortified health teachers fumbled, Blume provided simple language for embarrassing and awkward conversations. The Essential Judy Blume 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z This point is vividly brought to life when McDormand delivers a virtuoso rendition, stammer by stammer, of the recorded explanation for how the songs were generationally handed down. The Wooster Group finds grace in 'Shaker Songs' 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z I'm convinced that my stammer played a major role in making me a writer. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z “I mean, I feel badly,” she said, stammering slightly, “I look back at them, I said them, I feel badly about them, I deleted tweets over a long period of time.” Neera Tanden’s confirmation fight is the first morality play of post-Trump Washington 2021-02-28T05:00:00Z The film, revolving around wartime monarch King George VI's struggle to overcome a crippling stammer, led a field packed with commercial and critical hits. "King's Speech'"gets royal treatment at Oscars 2011-01-26T01:58:48Z Her teacher then asks for an inventory of Davis’s shoes, and after the little girl stammers out a list she is told, “Ten pairs is an awful lot.” Mama Was a Numbers Runner 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z A stammer translated into text always looks so ungainly, a string of letters and dashes and pauses that inevitably steer the reader in a comedic direction. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z Far from a flag-waving pageant, it's a sort of reverse Pygmalion, with Firth's Prince Bertie cured of his stammer by Rush's unorthodox Australian methods, just in time to take the throne. This week's new films 2011-01-08T00:06:09Z "The King's Speech," dramatizing British monarch George VI's struggle to vanquish a crippling stammer, leads the 83rd annual Oscars with 12 nominations and is favored to win best picture. `King's Speech' poised for Oscar coronation? 2011-02-27T17:16:04Z I can recall no social experience prior to the king at Christmas 1937 and thus I can't remember a time when I too didn't stammer. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Bertie's stammer crystallises the idea of the archetypal Brit whose underlying worthiness is constrained by emotional constipation. The King's Speech flies the flag for a stiff upper lip that no longer exists 2011-01-10T11:13:19Z The poems are all concerned with love, yes, in its various stages, but equally so with language as love's stammering, inarticulate messenger. Carol Ann Duffy on her collection Love Poems – Guardian book club 2013-02-08T17:35:01Z Still, Mr. Trammell’s drug-induced stammers and tics don’t by themselves add up to a compelling portrayal, nor is this drama of the down and out at all gripping. Review: In ‘All Mistakes Buried,’ an Addict Battles to Retrieve a Precious Necklace 2016-01-21T05:00:00Z I loved Thunderbirds when I was a child, and found it such a brilliant show as Brains had a stammer and wore glasses. Thunderbirds guru Anderson dies 2012-12-27T09:57:48Z There, too, the central emotion — of a monarch crippled by his stammering — was strong, yet Hooper felt obliged to hammer home the feelings in case anyone missed them. Les Misérables: The YouTube Version 2012-12-11T13:00:47Z It wasn't a stammer but it meant I couldn't be heard properly. Colin Firth: 'Playing the stammering king had an effect on me, a semi-paralysis' 2011-01-09T20:30:01Z I told my wife about my diagnosis about nine years ago, my legs shaking as I stammered through it. ‘It’s normal to pig out as a man, normal to puke after a monster session in the gym’: my battle with bulimia 2018-04-28T04:00:00Z On the plus side, Douglas looks great at 69, and Keaton retains her stammering good nature at an unretouched 67. REVIEW: Another Grumpy Old Man Finds Love in And So It Goes 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z Having a stammer as well – it was very bad when I was young – meant music was a great way for me to go. Marc Almond: From bedsit to plague pit 2011-07-18T20:31:01Z And just as our great moments in cinema concern stammering monarchs, so the likes of Garrone choose to examine criminality, and now the fetid scourge of reality TV. Aniello Arena: the Italian gangster who turned movie star 2013-02-17T00:02:02Z The actors are listening, too, wearing earpieces that feed them the audio of the interview, whose words they speak with the original stammers and hesitations. ‘Lessons in Survival: 1971’ Review: The Past Echoes in the Present 2022-06-23T04:00:00Z On to the first stammering takes of “Like A Rolling Stone.” Bob Dylan’s “electric trilogy” masterpieces: I played all 18 discs and 357 tracks. Here’s why you should 2015-11-04T05:00:00Z Q: Colin Firth won a best actor in a drama Golden Globe for his portrayal of King George VI in the film — what advice did you give him about his character's stammer? 'King's Speech' director's biggest fear: Giving a speech 2011-01-20T19:15:34Z My stammer notwithstanding, I just practised talking so much that I began to see the patterns. ‘I stood there, mouth gaping, words stuck’: how a comedian cured her stammer 2018-12-08T05:00:00Z Mitchell didn't speak until he was five, and at seven developed a stammer. David Mitchell: 'I don't want to project myself as this great experimenter' 2013-02-08T18:00:02Z To become Uday, Latif pops in prosthetic teeth, hunches his shoulders and turns his voice into a stammering screech, and Mr. Cooper in effect parodies one of his roles from inside another. | 'The Devil?s Double': Straight From Uday Hussein?s Inner Circle 2011-07-29T00:16:46Z For The King's Speech, she managed to find original, working instruments that were used to treat stammers. Set designer Eve Stewart: 'Get me nine tons of Scottish seaweed!' 2013-02-03T20:00:03Z While he is introduced committing some of the most startling kills in cinematic history, the majestically maniacal last act of “Chain Saw” shifts our perspective on him from hulking slayer to stammering stooge. ‘Texas Chain Saw Massacre’ and the Lessons Few Horror Films Get Right 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z I applied for the post of BBC radio representative in Canada and was informed by the head of my department that no one with a stammer like mine could perform that job. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z Collins conveys fortitude and resilience, along with comic flair, while Claflin channels Hugh Grant, the stammering sincerity turning into self-conscious shtick just as it did for Grant. 'Love, Rosie' flashes some charm amid a flimsy rom-com tale 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z Somebody says something stupid or ill-informed, someone else pounces on it, then the conversation turns into a stammering mess or odd competition.” ?Clybourne Park? Looks at Race Relations in ?59 and Today 2012-04-13T04:00:37Z Charles Dodgson often visited the museum and created Alice’s Dodo as a parody of himself; he stammered, poor fellow, and would introduce himself as “Do-do-dodgson.” Oxford: Where time is fluid, Latin is far from dead and every stone tells a story 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z Yet he is shaken into naturalness by strength of feeling, hesitating, almost stammering over the verse. The Dark Earth and the Light Sky; Twelfth Night; The Magistrate – review 2012-11-25T00:05:48Z When Vanessa flinches at Frankenstein’s cold stethoscope, he stammers, “I’m sorry. I always forget that with the living.” 'Penny Dreadful' Recap: What's the Matter With Ethan? 2014-06-22T04:00:00Z My stammer had never before assumed a shape, and this nocturnal avatar was satifyingly gothic. The monster in my mouth: Maggie O'Farrell on fighting her stammer 2013-02-27T20:00:01Z The teenager was shocked to find that, in reciting the words he already knew so well, he was able to speak clearly and without any sign of a stammer. A Brief History of Actor James Earl Jones' Bass Voice 2011-01-18T23:35:00Z Glancing at them furtively, one petitioner stammered: “I can’t talk to you. I’m going to get thrown off the line.” The Cult of the Line: It’s Not About the Merch 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z Well, I stammered, I’m not describing an entire nation of 1 billion people. Perspective | I’m not Salman Rushdie and other assumptions I’m tired of hearing at book events 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z His reply seems to baffle even himself: “I don’t know,” he stammers, before repeating himself for emphasis. ‘Perry Mason’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap: ‘King Kong’ Ding-Dong 2023-03-20T04:00:00Z No one, however, subjected him to ridicule and humiliation of the kind Somerset Maugham and Aneurin Bevan, the stammering heroes of my childhood, endured. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z One key scene sees King George VI being encouraged by Logue to swear to overcome his stammer. Tongue-tied 2011-01-06T08:18:39Z "Oh, of course, we would love to," I stammered. Thanksgiving with the enemy 2021-11-25T05:00:00Z The journalist, a young man, stammers his questions as he stares at her with the expression of a sailor who has just sighted the Fortunate Isles. Notes on the Exotic 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z Firth said he had done a lot of research into stammering for the role. The King's Speech is given a 15 rating 2010-10-21T15:36:00Z My eyes began to well up with tears, and I could only stammer how sorry I was. Diving Thailand’s Andaman Sea, by day and night 2019-03-21T04:00:00Z Hahn makes a winning klutz, stammering and bumping into things. A Deflated Adaptation of the Singular Cult Novel “I Love Dick” 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z The teenager was shocked to find that in reciting the words he already knew so well he was able to speak clearly and without any sign of a stammer. A Brief History of James Earl Jones' Voice 2011-01-17T12:30:00Z Palin's performance was criticised by some health campaigners and, in response, he gave his name to Britain's first specialist centre for children with a stammer in north London. Michael Palin: 'I will die, but not retire' 2013-07-04T17:30:52Z He paused and then stammered through an explanation. Cropped Out of My Own Fantasy 2016-10-21T04:00:00Z Firth also took advice from the screenwriter, David Seidler, who suffered from a profound stammer as a child. Tongue-tied 2011-01-06T08:18:39Z A fine tool, certainly: Her brand of verbatim theater, perfected in a series of documentary plays since the early 1980s, duplicates the expressive peculiarities of real speech, making every defensive stammer and evasive curlicue count. Review: Embodying Justice in ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z Another dreamily revealed an interior monologue in singsong tones; a third related episodes from Ashley’s life with a slight but noticeable stammer — another autobiographical touch. Critic’s Notebook: Robert Ashley’s Work Lives On at the Whitney Biennial 2014-04-14T21:19:51Z Ahmed, a relative newcomer, plays Naz at first like a calf rushed toward slaughter, blindly shuddering and stammering his way through the night in question and every moment that comes afterward. Powerful crime drama “The Night Of” could be the hit HBO needs 2016-07-09T04:00:00Z He explains how confronting his fears of public speaking actually helped him to control his stammer. VIDEO: Footage that moved Firth to tears 2011-02-24T06:00:27Z In one of the film's sweetest scenes, the king tells his daughters a bedtime story; his stammer is less pronounced but still present despite his relaxed mood. Colin Firth studied stammer for royal role in 'The King's Speech' 2010-12-18T02:05:18Z This is a swaggering coif that means business, but it is contradicted by the 1965 Diamond’s passive posture and apologetic stammering. Review: ‘A Beautiful Noise’ Makes for a Morose Neil Diamond Musical 2022-12-04T05:00:00Z The question of my stammer always came up, but in an open, reasonable way. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z The acclaimed film about the efforts of the future King George VI to overcome a crippling stammer went into the event with a leading 12 nominations. "King's Speech" wins best picture Oscar 2011-02-28T04:37:53Z Max was referred to the Michael Palin Centre for stammering children by our GP and benefited hugely from the therapy and support there. The King's Speech means stammerers understood 2011-01-17T16:00:00Z It’s a vivid portrait in Jell-O as Shalwitz shimmies both physically and emotionally, stammering and grinning as Betterman shucks away from responsibility. Review | ‘The Arsonists’ at Woolly dramatizes the modern world on fire 2017-09-13T04:00:00Z Now, after Rachael had asked a typical second date question, I stammered. My sexless soul mate: When men and women really are “just friends” 2015-07-05T04:00:00Z Horace Greeley, who embodied that time almost as well as King Strang, wrote of living in “this stammering century.” Meet the Man Who Spun the Media, Scammed Followers and Named Himself King 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z When she gets lofty, she stammers, brimming with passion. Patricia Clarkson interview: 'I'd love to play an action hero!' 2013-06-25T18:00:00Z “It’s got a lot of drums and … holes in the songs,” he stammers. Behind Wilco’s 2001 Masterpiece, a Band Breaking Its Heart 2022-10-03T04:00:00Z “You have to be nice to women,” she stammers. Review | ‘Mrs. Fletcher’ is a fine show about an empty-nest mom. The better show is about her jerk son. 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z In fact, there are relatively few truly convincing stammers on stage and only rarely does a central character sport one. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z The King's Speech, in which Colin Firth plays King George VI trying to overcome a debilitating stammer, is leading the way in the nominations for this year's Baftas with 14 nods. The King's Speech tipped for 14 Baftas 2011-01-18T08:20:06Z “Do not blame me,” Baldwin wrote of the white “stammering” in his conscience. The South’s Fight for White Supremacy 2020-08-23T04:00:00Z Some noise on the pavement very near, a thief with a paring knife or the stammer of casual rounds from a passing car. After The Bomb: Don DeLillo Tells Us What to Fear 2011-11-28T17:53:47Z Walking onstage, she is all stammers and fidgets and overly articulate neurosis, adjusting the microphone stand and repeatedly pushing her glasses up her nose, evoking no one so much as Woody Allen. Introducing a Major New Voice in Comedy (Who Also Attacks Comedy) 2018-03-19T04:00:00Z He talks in an excited babble, animated, intelligent and chatty, though the stammer returned after a motorcycle accident in 2004; it also left him with a collapsed lung and a punctured eardrum. Marc Almond: From bedsit to plague pit 2011-07-18T20:31:01Z This is a stammering, mumbling, wincing and flinching performance as poor traumatised Spider, and it’s a strong dose of undiluted Fiennes – stronger and more intense than the performances he shows us these days. Ralph Fiennes's 20 best film performances – ranked! 2021-01-28T05:00:00Z You can't cure a stammer, you can only learn how to minimise it. Gareth Gates's trip to Loserville 2012-06-17T17:29:01Z Colin Firth is considered the likely winner for best dramatic actor for "The King's Speech," in which he plays 's father, George VI, amid his struggle to overcome a debilitating stammer. Golden Globes: King, kingpin face off 2011-01-16T20:18:00Z Directed by Tom Hooper, it chronicles King George VI's efforts to conquer his stammer. In pictures 2011-01-18T11:51:58Z In one of the unpublished manuscripts, Williams wrote of playwrights as "those unattractively awkward, embarrassed, graceless, blushing, fidgeting, shuffling, stammering, wretches". Tennessee Williams lambasted his rivals as 'vampires' 2013-02-17T00:06:15Z Colin Firth stars as stammering King George VI, whose angry swearing fit helps him momentarily overcome his speech problem. PG-13 version of `King's Speech' to be released 2011-03-24T20:16:04Z When asked to read about the experience of immigrants or the white poor, students from affluent families often stammer and avoid addressing their peers directly. What Kind of Town Bans Books? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z But here, he sounds almost exactly like Grant, replicating not just that self-effacing charm, but the actual stammering tone. Jack the Giant Slayer: Fee-Fi, Ho-Hum 2013-03-01T04:30:21Z A genetic factor: an uncle of mine, a coal trimmer on the Garston docks, had the worst stammer you'd ever come across. Philip French: my life as a stammerer 2010-12-26T00:05:05Z But she caught me off-guard, so I stammered: “Sure.” Social Q?s: Tip, Tip, Tip 2010-11-28T04:30:00Z Elizabeth and Margaret appeared on screen earlier this year as young girls in the Oscar-nominated British film The King's Speech, which focuses on the efforts of their father, King George VI, to overcome a stammer. Dakota Fanning to play Princess Margaret in Girls' Night Out 2011-02-10T12:11:15Z When I was at school my stammer was so bad that I was practically mute. Gareth Gates's trip to Loserville 2012-06-17T17:29:01Z Absurdly thin, the gentleman speaks with a stammer while “his shoulders are sloped as though with inexpressible weariness.” ‘The Gentleman’: a Wodehouse wanna-be that (kind of) does 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z |
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