#Voice tends to jumble words how to#

Carry on as though you're speaking fluently. If you're stumbling often over the course of a longer conversation, don't keep bringing it up, even if you're commenting on it in the 'right' way. Like with many small social errors, if you're comfortable with your stumble and act as if it's no big deal, other people will pick up on that energy and go along with it. For example you could quickly say, 'Blagh! I can't talk', or shake your head to yourself, then continue with your sentence where you left off. Acknowledge it, laugh it off, then keep speaking. Sometimes you'll get tripped up over your words in a more obvious way, and here you can say something. If you do address your verbal flub, do it in a quick, joking manner, then move on You can actually draw more attention to yourself if you stop and try to explain your stumbles than if you ignore them.

Since people generally don't notice or care about minor verbal stumbles, the best thing to do is keep speaking as if everything is fine. If you trip over your words a bit, keep going as if nothing happened Trying to sound sophisticated can come across as if you're pretentious or trying too hard. If anything, speaking as simply as you need to in order to get your ideas across is preferrable. If you want to use a longer word and it's not popping into your head, no one will mind if you use a simpler alternative. On a related note, almost no one cares if you can use a big vocabulary during run of the mill conversations.

Just knowing no one requires you to be perfectly fluent and eloquent can take a lot of the pressure off. I'll also guess you don't harshly judge them for saying 'Umm.' more than they could or starting a sentence over. You'll hear people make more little mistakes than you realized. The average person doesn't expect their friends and co-workers to be great orators.Īs an experiment, listen to some casual conversations. If they do catch it, they usually don't care. Often the listener's mind filters it out and they don't notice. People stumble over their words in small ways all the time. What to do if you stumble over your words Realize most people don't notice or care if you make minor verbal mistakes They may be perfectly intelligent, but the images we form of ourselves in childhood based on a handful of negative experiences can be hard to shake, even when they're inaccurate. They think if they get tongue tied for a second everyone will suddenly realize how dimwitted they are. As adults they have insecurities and mental baggage about being 'dumb', and are extra self-conscious about how they come across in conversations. Some people with this fear struggled in school when they were younger. It's also possible to get caught in a vicious cycle where you're nervous about not being able to speak well, which makes you more likely to stumble over your words, which makes you even more worried next time. Sometimes it's because you're generally anxious about social situations. One obvious cause of this problem is anxiety.

Not completing a thought and switching to another one.

Saying filler words like 'uh' or 'like' way too much for a sentence of two.

Repeating a word or part of a sentence (e.g., 'So I went, so I went to the park the other day.').

Reversing the starting letters of two words (e.g., 'So I pent to the wark the other day.').

Not being able to remember a bigger word you wanted to use.

I'm talking about everyday, occasional slip ups such as:

#Voice tends to jumble words how to#

To be clear I'm not covering how to deal with chronic stuttering or having trouble pronouncing specific sounds. I'll share my thoughts on getting past this fear. Some people worry they'll stumble over their words or come across as inarticulate in their conversations, and be judged as nervous, awkward, or stupid.