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Re: Winston Churchill

From: Judy Kuster
Date: 15 Oct 2009
Time: 13:35:46 -0500
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A bit of additional information -- audio archives of many of Winston Churchil's speeches rarely reveal stuttering symptoms, although some do (http://www.archive.org/details/Winston_Churchill Because my distant cousin (yes he was!) was such an effective speaker, some have wondered if Churchill was in fact a person who stuttered. Keith Sharp uncovered ample evidence that Churchill was in fact a PWS (http://www.stutterers.org/ He was also a very effective communicator. It has been said that he practiced his public speeches a LOT before delivering them and chose his words very carefully to avoid stuttering.


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