Why Do Some People Have Lisps?

What causes a lisp and what are the different ways in which people overcome them?


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What is a lisp?
"A lisp is a Functional Speech Disorder (FSD), and a functional speech disorder is a difficulty learning to make a specific speech sound, or a few specific speech sounds. The word 'functional' means that the cause of the disorder is not known. Indeed, in some literature FSDs are referred to as 'speech delay of unknown origin' or 'speech disorder of unknown origin'."

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[AnimilesYT]

Lisps, Dyslexia, (fear of long words). Humans like to see other humans suffer. Like, a lot.

[michaelh]

"Seashells would sound something like this... 'he he'"

What was that

[AWEOMEANT]

I remember this one time in elementary school, this one girl asked me to say the "S" sound. I hated being teased.

[jordynheywood]

I have a lisp but when I talk I don't hear it but my friends do

[jomillar]

i have a lisp and it sucks my friends have teased me about it and trust me it makes me sad when they do

[haise]

"He'll grow out of it he'll be fine" I'm 15 now MOM! That was 11 years ago when you said it!!

[lemon]

I have a lisp because I talk a bit too fast sometimes

[TheFindingLight]

'ths' at the end of words is my nightmare!

[sanrihoe]

I was bullied for multiple things when I was in school, my lisp being one of them. It was pretty bad in middle school, but it's never been so bad that you can't understand what I'm saying. I'm EXTREMELY insecure about it and even though it's gotten a lot better and some people only notice it when I point it out, I still hate it and am extremely conscious of it when I speak.

[joes]

I have a lisp.
I hate the word.
I also hate clothes, trying to say maths, anything that ends in a ths, and I also have problems distinguishing between symbol and thimble.

[ScogginsWB]

I didn't know that Jennifer Lopez was on DNews.

[lucindathefaithful]

Worst word for someone with a lisp: Sloths...
Sounds like "thosths" when I say it...

[qqq]

I must have a lisp that makes me sound uninteresting when I ask a woman on a date. I feel it's a problem so my health insurance should cover dating advice, or hookers, or something like that.

[BanditoCarmine]

Remember everyone, Winston Churchill had a lisp. And he was an amazing speaker

[YukariOro]

At 51, I still have a pretty bad tongue tie (a real physical disability) that was never corrected, so despite years of speech therapy as a child, some words still trip me up, especially if I say them too fast. To properly say some words with the T or TH sound I quite literally have to slow my speech and concentrate on how I position my tongue. I recently had a friend point out that I fail to say the first T in internet properly. It comes out sounding more like innernet for me.

Even more frustrating than my lifelong struggle with speaking is those times when I stumble over a word and people will correct me impatiently. Sometimes, I tell people, “or however you say it, ” or I outright say, “I can’t say that right.”

There are always a few people who correct me with this exasperated look/attitude conveying, “Sheezh! It’s easy.” Yes, for you it’s easy to say properly. For me, it’s sometimes nearly impossible to properly say the same word that you just said so easily.

Some people can be really insensitive to those with speech impediments, sadly. Almost everyone assumes talking is easy for everyone, when it absolutely isn’t.

[jllarivee]

I had a lisp for the longest time. but didn't notice it or cared until I heard a recording of myself. then I watched a few YouTube videos and just fixed it.

[sharonorvis]

im 11 years old and i have a lisp i take therapy but it never helps and i get bullyed at school for saying " " and the other kids will mock me and do " "

[Harryw]

I used to have a lisp when I was young. When I said yellow it sounded like yeyyow but when I got older, I overcame it.

[ElliottYool]

I have a lisp. My tounge sticks out when s and z are pronounced. It don't really bother me.

[hihowareyougood]

When I was younger, I had problems saying "sh", "th", and "ch". Still kinda do.