C’mon, just spit it out – David Hugendick and Carolin Emcke on stuttering
People who stutter do not have a superpower – just a few extra letters trying to get out into the world. Stutterers often stare into inpatient faces, simply because they are taking up a little bit of someone’s time. Stuttering is a racing standstill, an unexpected disruption to the smooth progression of our fast-paced society. David Hugendick knows this from his own experience: In his essay Jetzt sag doch endlich [“Just Spit It Out”], he writes about stuttering (including his own), uninvited consonants and how to defibrillate words with their first letters for as long as it would take to bring a heart attack patient back to life. It is about language and style, politeness and the art of pausing, formatted conversation, inauthentic empathy and pleasant dialects. In conversation with Carolin Emcke, this alleged speech impediment serves as a starting point for an intelligent, humorous and deeply personal reflection on rushing, impatience and the fear of pauses.
Contributors
Carolin Emcke
Journalist Carolin Emcke studied philosophy in London and Frankfurt… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
David Hugendick
Born in Bremerhaven in 1980, David Hugendick studied German… This text was shortened for this overview. Follow the more-link to read the full text.
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21. March 2026
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