Lisp (speech)

A lisp is a speech impediment. Stereotypically, people with a lisp are unable to pronounce sibilants (like the sound "s"), and replace them with interdentals (like the sound "th"), though there are actually several kinds of lisp. In one of these, the sounds become lateralized; the symbols for this in the Extended International Phonetic Alphabet for speech disorders are and . It is somewhat ironic that this handicap is called a "lisp," as this word is difficult to pronounce for some with the condition.

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Speakers of Latin American Spanish often think that speakers of Castilian Spanish speak with a Castilian lisp.

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Notable people that had or have lisps include Thomas Jefferson (who preferred writing to public speaking partly because of this), the rapper Anybody Killa, Mike Tyson, and Nat Cole (in his early career). John Adams also had a lisp in his later years, but this was because he refused to wear dentures. The biblical figure Moses had a speech impediment, which is traditionally thought to be a lisp, though others have believed it was a stutter. Winston Churchill had a slight lisp, which is often incorrectly said to have been a stutter.

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Speech impediment: REDIRECT Speech disorder...

Sibilant: REDIRECT Sibilant consonant...

Interdental: REDIRECT interdental_consonant...

Lisp (speech) related Images and Photos (experimental)

Cake Boss Speech Boxes Hoodie - White	The King's Speech - Geoffrey Rush	The King's Speech	Disraeli's First Speech in the Commons
Father of the Bride Speech and Duties (Paperback) Book	Speech Pronunciation Class Ecole Normale Superieure 'Nos Grandes Ecoles' Rousselet Paris 1888	Father of the Bride Speech and Duties (Book)	Actor Adolphe Menjou Making a Speech at the Opening of Oak Ridge Atomic Energy Center
Patrick Henry Making His Famous Speech in the House of Burgesses	Radical Henry "Orator" Hunt Begins His Speech to Crowd Gathered at St. Peter's Fields Manchester	Georges Clemenceau (1841-1929) Making a Speech at the Cirque Fernando 1883	President Clinton Delivers Inaugural Speech after Being Sworn in for Second Term January 20 1997