# Help me diagnose my speech impediment

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315 "2015-11-11T19:11:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315/1 "2015-11-11T19:11:26Z")

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I tend to accidentally combine the first part of a word with the second part of the next word - i.e., saying “Atlantic” when I think “Atlanta Olympic.” Is there a name for this tendency?

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**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315/2 "2015-11-11T19:36:00Z")

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This sounds like anticipatory error, a type of phonemic paraphasia.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315/3 "2015-11-11T19:41:28Z")

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This sounds like anticiparror, a type of phonemiphasia.

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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315/4 "2015-11-11T19:52:43Z")

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Thasia

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**Author:** ![Ornery\_Bob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/da6949/32.png) [@Ornery\_Bob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ornery_Bob)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2015, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-diagnose-my-speech-impediment/737315/5 "2015-11-11T22:54:12Z")

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FWIW this would be called a 'language disorder," not a speech impediment.