Not sure where to put this (mods feel free to move it) and not exactly sure what to make of it. Its a feature on Timmay's possible move to ManU and interview with filmakers with tourettes who has appearantly made several documentaries in the UK on the Subject. He didn't know much about Howard but was very excited about the move and hopes Howard can be a positive role model for those with tourettes in the UK. The interviewer however seems obessed with the possibility of Howard having swearing outbursts which as far as I know has never been a problem for him. http://www.football365.com/All_News/News_Features/story_69593.shtml
less than 15% percent of people with severe cases of Tourette Syndrome suffer from coprolalia, the oft-mentioned verbal outbursts of curses or generally socially inappropriate words. I just hope Timmy gets some playing time early in england so he can give the press something else to talk about. by which i mean stellar play, of course.
I think when Tim first meets the team, he should have a major swearing outburst at each player. "B*tch Beckham, C*m guzzlin' Giggs, P*ssy Paul Scholes, Ruud Van Nistel***************, Nicky B*tt, etc." Then, when they are all in a state of shock, he should tell them "just kidding, blokes." That would be cool.
Sorry for being slightly off topic. Does anyone know what is the neurological reason for obscene outbursts that are displayed by some Tourette's syndrome sufferers? Are similar problems displayed by Tourette's syndrome sufferers who are brought up in different cultural (and language) backgrounds?
My dad's a neurologist, so I should know a bit more than I do. It is a motor skill disorder in which you kind of lock on to certain movements, speech, etc. over and over again. While it is socially very awkward, there is kind a tension that builds up and it kind of feels natural to release the tension by making the movement, gesture, etc. Sometimes they are little twitches (look at Patrick Roy or Mahmoud Abdul-Ra'ouf), other times they are large. I had a friend who would always just in the middle of a sentence start to make a very exaggerated pointing motion. He would say stuff occasionally, although not curse words. No, I don't think cursing would have too much to do w/ culture or language, although theoretically if you had no curse words you would not be able to say any. You probably lock onto particular words that you say over and over again, and maybe curse words are popular choices for some reason. My father has had some success treating Tourette's with neurofeedback, a type of biofeedback for the brain essentially. Sometimes Tourette's gets better once you get past adolescence as well. Also IIRC it's much more common in boys than girls, and linked to lots of other conditions including depression, suicide, attention deficit disorder, etc.
Hey!How did you find out what I call those wankers? Scholes,BTW,is always and forever the ginger-haired b*st*rd....