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Lisps/Other Speech Impediments
Has anyone got, or know anyone with, any speech impediments?
I've got a fairly strong lisp, where 'sh' and 's' sounds are switched around, and sounds like 'j' and 'z' can't be said properly. I also say 'w' instead of 'r' a la Jonathan Ross, but that doesn't bother me too much. Anyway, it's really affected my confidence, especially when metting new people. Hardly anybody comments on it, apart from asking me to repeat stuff, but I assume they're just being polite.
What do you think when you meet someone without a 'normal' voice, and (how) does it affect your opinion of them etc?
Thanks
I've got a fairly strong lisp, where 'sh' and 's' sounds are switched around, and sounds like 'j' and 'z' can't be said properly. I also say 'w' instead of 'r' a la Jonathan Ross, but that doesn't bother me too much. Anyway, it's really affected my confidence, especially when metting new people. Hardly anybody comments on it, apart from asking me to repeat stuff, but I assume they're just being polite.
What do you think when you meet someone without a 'normal' voice, and (how) does it affect your opinion of them etc?
Thanks
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One of the hottest and most inteligent guys I know has a strong stutter.
Thanks for the support! Maybe it is worth living after all... 
I have Dysarthria, which is a nice little freebie that sometimes comes with Athatoid Cerebral Palsy. My voice is slightly slower than most and tbh i think it is the one aspect of my disability that causes various dumb-****s to patronise me.
My main trouble is like other aspects of CP it gets worse when you don't want it to; like for example, all my mates understand me fine but the girl i really liked struggled, go figure..
My main trouble is like other aspects of CP it gets worse when you don't want it to; like for example, all my mates understand me fine but the girl i really liked struggled, go figure..
I have a lithp.where 's' thounds like 'th'. I dont actually hear it mythelf for thome reason. it doethnt really bother me. thome people joke about it and pronounth my firtht name which has an s in it with a th thinking it will annoy me but i dont really care about it and it doethnt affect my confidenth
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Has anyone got, or know anyone with, any speech impediments?
I've got a fairly strong lisp, where 'sh' and 's' sounds are switched around, and sounds like 'j' and 'z' can't be said properly. I also say 'w' instead of 'r' a la Jonathan Ross, but that doesn't bother me too much. Anyway, it's really affected my confidence, especially when metting new people. Hardly anybody comments on it, apart from asking me to repeat stuff, but I assume they're just being polite.
What do you think when you meet someone without a 'normal' voice, and (how) does it affect your opinion of them etc?
Thanks
I've got a fairly strong lisp, where 'sh' and 's' sounds are switched around, and sounds like 'j' and 'z' can't be said properly. I also say 'w' instead of 'r' a la Jonathan Ross, but that doesn't bother me too much. Anyway, it's really affected my confidence, especially when metting new people. Hardly anybody comments on it, apart from asking me to repeat stuff, but I assume they're just being polite.
What do you think when you meet someone without a 'normal' voice, and (how) does it affect your opinion of them etc?
Thanks
I feel your pain. I hate my speech impediments: "s", "z" and "r" all pose a problem for me. I sound like a 5 year old and hate it. I cringe when using a microphone or hearing myself speak on tape.
I used to have a speech impediment until I was about 14, but I got speech therapy for it.
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I used to have a speech impediment until I was about 14, but I got speech therapy for it.
I used to have speech therapy for about 10 years, it didn't work. It was caused by hearing problems from birth until the age of about 7 before corrective surgery
.I had speech therapy for, I suppose, about ten years and it didn't work until I actually started making an effort. Then it was fixed in a few months. Go figure.
Yeah, I had a speech therapist about 12 years ago, but that was because I used to say 'd' instead of 's'. It was them who discharged me when I had only progressed to 'sh', so I guess there's not much hope for me to cure it!
bunthulhu, how did you get rid of your lisp?
Ahhh...my life really would be so much better if I had a normal voice! Oh how I envy...people...
bunthulhu, how did you get rid of your lisp?
Ahhh...my life really would be so much better if I had a normal voice! Oh how I envy...people...
I guess I kinda have one.. words like 'three' sometimes come out as 'free'.. usually when i'm tired, not concentrating or even when i'm thirsty?!. I hate it, it feels like i'm tripping over my tongue half the time 
It was first noticed when I was about 5 or 6 I think.. I've taught myself how to say words properly so most of the time it's ok.. but you can still hear it. And yes agreed about the microphone/recording thing
It's not stopped me from doing anything though
It was first noticed when I was about 5 or 6 I think.. I've taught myself how to say words properly so most of the time it's ok.. but you can still hear it. And yes agreed about the microphone/recording thing It's not stopped me from doing anything though
i used to say 't' instead of a 'c' and 's' instead of 'th' . this was some what of a problem seeing as how my name is catherine! i used to ask for a tup of tea and talk about trotodiles instead of crocodiles. i had speech therapy and its now fine, apart from when im really tired, when i tend to revert back to my old ways and stumble with my words quite a lot.
My ex had a stammer. It wasn't a big deal.
Though if my mum answered the phone and heard breathing and not speaking, she knew it was for me, heh.
As for the W/R thing, more and more people are doing that. It's a bit of an Estuary thing. I do it slightly, as in though it isn't a W sound, I don't use the bits of me mouth that most English people use to make an R.
Yeah, that got a bit geeky.
Though if my mum answered the phone and heard breathing and not speaking, she knew it was for me, heh.
As for the W/R thing, more and more people are doing that. It's a bit of an Estuary thing. I do it slightly, as in though it isn't a W sound, I don't use the bits of me mouth that most English people use to make an R.
Yeah, that got a bit geeky.
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