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Would you consider this a speech impediment?

posted 4 years ago by [deleted]
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I was just listening to the Surgeon General being interviewed, and it kind of reminded me of Mike Tyson.

So is that a speech impediment or just a speaking style?

https://youtu.be/JCncn41-xlk

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71425) 4 years ago

No, It sounded pretty normal to me but he did put a 'th' on some words with an 'S' in them

Ex... 'Thith' instead of 'This'
Not awfully distracting though

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Yeah I was thinking he makes a TH sound for S.

I think he uses his teeth for sounds where your tongue should hold itself up, not touching either the roof of your mouth or resting. Maybe he has poor muscles in his tongue, or did during childhood, which made him use his teeth like a crutch.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

To my ear it sounds like he's pronouncing his "s" as a kind of "ssh", not "th".

That's a vocal trick I've heard used by comedians, and people who want to come across as "mock retarded". It involves speaking "into" one cheek, while allowing that cheek to hang slack.

[–] nyctc7 (41169) 4 years ago

Sort of like a mild version of Rich Vos, see my link below. Not a typical lisp, more like a slurring.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

"Sort of like a mild version of Rich Vos,"

Yes, like that.

[–] jriley555 (7048) 4 years ago

the word you're searching for is lisp

and yeah, its an impediment.

i find it annoying, being kind of a crabby judgemental old fucker

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

I find vocal fry more annoying.

[–] jriley555 (7048) 4 years ago

hate that two

also upspeak

valley girl/boy

fake 'urban'

[–] nyctc7 (41169) 4 years ago

NOT a speaking style. It is a slight impediment. Here is a more exaggerated version, a comic named Rich Vos (not a gag, this is how he talks): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u626Mp7yejk&t=0m43s

I would call it slurring rather than lisping, at least in the above case

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71425) 4 years ago

That woman is really annoying and seems to think she's relevant

I liked the marble mouthed husband way better

[–] jriley555 (7048) 4 years ago

i would call it a slight lisp, since that's what it is. why call it otherwise.

slurring is simply a vaguer term, as there are many a way of slurring, while lisping is pretty specific. th in place of s sound.

[–] nyctc7 (41169) 4 years ago

What would you call Vos's impediment? It is not a typical lisping, it is more like a slurring.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

Slurring is when someone is drink or drugged. Almost like muscle weakness.

[–] nyctc7 (41169) 4 years ago

To my mind, Vos is not lisping, saying "th" for "s." If it is not a lisp, what is it? Or does "lisp" refer to a several kinds of impediments?

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago