It's a stigma all people who stutter contend with - the notion that because their words sometimes sputter or fail to come out at all, their minds must be somehow mixed up.

口吃的人常常被贴上一个不光彩的标签-由于说话卡壳或根本说出不来，他们就思维混乱。

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But, for now, at least, it doesn't look as if the Windows money machine is going to sputter out anytime soon.

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The next action step is not simply going out an exerting a bunch of ra-ra will, which is bound to sputter out.

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Could the fastest growing company in history sputter out just as quickly?

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