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  2. Lisp - Wikipedia

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    Take for example, correction of an "S" sound (lisp). Most likely, a speech language pathologist (SLP) would employ exercises to work on "Sssssss." [clarify] Starting practice words would most likely consist of "S-initial" words such as "say, sun, soap, sip, sick, said, sail." According to this protocol, the SLP slowly increases the complexity ...

  3. Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Language/2012 July 19

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    There is also the whispering type speech patterns of certain females such as Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield which when used by men is described as lisping. Speech patterns are acquired, so one can learn to speak in a hushed voice. But speech patterns are not necessarily acquired consciously, so to describe them as affected in all cases is ...

  4. List of common misconceptions about arts and culture

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    [96] [97] The misconception was popularized mainly by campaign speeches by John F. Kennedy. [96] The pronunciation of coronal fricatives in Spanish did not arise through imitation of a lisping king. Only one Spanish king, Peter of Castile, is documented as having a lisp, and the current pronunciation originated two centuries after his death ...

  5. List of common misconceptions - Wikipedia

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    The misconception was popularized mainly by campaign speeches by John F. Kennedy. The pronunciation of coronal fricatives in Spanish did not arise through imitation of a lisping king. Only one Spanish king, Peter of Castile, is documented as having a lisp, and the current pronunciation originated two centuries after his death.

  6. President Donald Trump's newfound lisp sets internet aflame - AOL

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    President Trump unveiled something new during his speech Wednesday, and it's too much for Twitter to handle.

  7. Voiceless alveolar fricative - Wikipedia

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    This occurred, for example, in English borrowings from Old French (e.g. push from pousser, cash from caisse); in Polish borrowings from medieval German (e.g. kosztować from kosten, żur from sūr (contemporary sauer)); and in representations of Mozarabic (an extinct medieval Romance language once spoken in southern Spain) in Arabic characters.

  8. Gay male speech - Wikipedia

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    Gay male speech has been the focus of numerous modern stereotypes, as well as sociolinguistic studies, particularly within North American English.Scientific research has uncovered phonetically significant features produced by many gay men and demonstrated that listeners accurately guess speakers' sexual orientation at rates greater than chance. [1]

  9. Phonological history of Spanish coronal fricatives - Wikipedia

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    For example, a lisp would lead one to pronounce siento ('I feel') and ciento ('hundred') the same (as [ˈθjento]) whereas in standard peninsular Spanish they are pronounced [ˈsjento] and [ˈθjento]. The misnomer "Castilian lisp" is used occasionally to refer to the presence of [θ] in Peninsular pronunciation (in both distinción and ceceo ...