i was just tape-recording myself for a project and during play-back noticed that i may have a tiny lisp? i have a feeling it's because i've made the choice of not wearing a retainer (b/c if i do it'd be for life and i could care less about having my teeth look 100% perfect)
ie. when i say an 's' word naturally, i can only feel my upper left canine bite down to touch my bottom left teeth...
ps. i don't care if i have a lisp, but i'm just curious
How can i tell if i have a lisp (w. 's' sounds?)?
A lisp is a speech impediment, historically also known as sigmatism. Stereotypically, people with a lisp are unable to pronounce sibilants (like the sound [s]), and replace them with interdentals (like the sound [θ]), though there are actually several kinds of lisp. The result is that the speech is unclear.
"Interdental" lisping is produced when the tip of the tongue protrudes between the front teeth and "dentalised" lisping is produced when the tip of the tongue just touches the front teeth.
The "lateral" lisp, where the /s/ and /z/ sounds are produced with air escaping over the sides of the tongue, is also called 'slushy ess' or a 'slushy lisp' due to the wet, spitty sound. The symbols for these lateralized sounds are in the Extended International Phonetic Alphabet for speech disorders, [ʪ] and [ʫ].
Finally, there is the "palatal lisp," where the speaker attempts to make the sounds with the tongue in contact with the palate.
Hope this helps.
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