Whose idea was it to put an "S" in the word "Lisp"?
2006-09-17 05:29:50 · 4 answers · asked by mightymite1957 7 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
LOL! Good question! Maybe the person who coined the word figured it would make it easy to tell if the person saying it had a lisp (lithp?) or not...
2006-09-17 06:10:03 · answer #1 · answered by cleopatra2u 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A non-lisper. The word is imitative in origin. See entry:
late O.E. awlyspian, from wlisp (adj.) "lisping," probably of imitative origin (cf. M.Du., O.H.G. lispen, Dan. læspe, Swed. läspa). The noun is first attested 1625.
2006-09-17 12:34:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Aight... you caught me!
I thought I would get away with that one forever too...
2006-09-17 18:36:22 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
someone that doesn't have one.
2006-09-17 12:43:22 · answer #4 · answered by qwerty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋