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From: Bob Quesal
Date: 10/3/02
Time: 10:07:50 AM
Remote Name: 143.43.201.67
Hi Steve:
Thanks for your kind and generous comments.
I, too, have wondered about what "normal fluency" is as defined by the individual in question. It's a hard definition to pin down thus far. The best I have heard is something like "less than 1% stuttered speech during a three-minute clinical interview." But clearly, we know that even if a client can be fluent in that kind of a situation it does not mean that the fluency will be evident in all situations. I imagine I could be "normally fluent" by that definition. So I guess the definition needs to be extended to "while leading a 2-1/2 day long leadership conference." ;-)>
I also have heard that the phrase "normal fluency" was allegedly an intentional overstatement and additionally that the person in question understands that "no one is perfectly fluent" and "even normal speakers have some stuttering in their speech."
However, an important point is that we have to question the data of anyone who measures my speech as being 50% normally fluent and 50% stuttered.
;-)>
And, as I pointed out, the motives of someone who would commit these kinds of thoughts to pen and paper.
Thanks again for your comments.
BQ