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I know I’m talking to a brick wall but I don’t care.

I’d like to bring up the fact that when I see people writing dialogue for Ticci Toby, they ALWAYS get the stuttering wrong. (This also goes for any character with a stutter, not just Toby.)

Stuttering isn’t just repetition of the first letter and/or syllable. Example of how I always see it written: H-Hi. My na-name is Tic-Ticci Toby. How’s y-y-your day?

That’s a part of stuttering, yes, but there’s a lot more to it. For starters, the repetition also applies to entire words and not just letters or syllables. In a lot of people’s stutters, a few words will be repeated in a sentence a couple of times over.

Other parts of stuttering are the blocks and fillers. I’m sure if you’ve met literally anybody with a stutter, you know what I’m talking about. There will potentially be pauses sprinkled in the sentence, as well as fillers. Fillers are things such as “Erm, Uh, Uhm,” all that jazz.

So a more accurate way to type out stuttering would be this: Hi. My name.. my name is uh.. Tic-Ticci Toby. How’s uh.. how’s your day?” The stuttering can vary from person to person, of course. Some are far more noticeable than others.

That’s just a couple things. There’s more to stuttering, such as body and facial movements, but I ain’t about to explain it all. I recommend researching up on it! It’s actually pretty interesting stuff (to me at least).

Thanks :3 -Somebody with a smallish stutter

This and Toby’s Tourette Syndrome. Why doesn’t anybody add in vocal tics for Toby??? It baffles me.