Don't you think that is kind of ironic-- or cruel? lol
2006-10-12 06:06:04 · 16 answers · asked by Joe Somebody 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Because that combination of letters when pronouced by a non-lisping person sounds similar to the sound of a person with a lisp. It makes it easier for us non-lispers to talk behind their backs - For example the phrase "that guy sounds like a retard with his lisp and all" is much more descriptive than "that guys sounds like a retard with his inability to avert pronouncing s sounds at inappropriate times"...
See what I mean? I hope this helps - good luck out there.
2006-10-12 06:12:04 · answer #1 · answered by amulkerin2002 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Cruel
2006-10-12 06:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by Lespaul 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You stole my question! I am mad at you. Not really.
Anyway, I think that the person who made that word either was sitting in the desert to long, wasn't thinking, or didn't like someone who had a lisp.
2006-10-12 06:28:32 · answer #3 · answered by JQ 9 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, I don't know that it's cruel.......but didja know that Lithuanians were originally named Lissuanians, but the guy who named them happened to talk with a lisp?
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2006-10-12 06:20:12 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Probably easier for a lisper to say, even though I don't think anyone took that into consideration when naming the condition..
Why is this such an interesting question to some? I see it every couple of days.
I think it's just a passive aggressive way to make fun of lispers.
2006-10-12 06:10:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Ironic or cruel? Don't know
2006-10-12 06:15:40 · answer #6 · answered by starlight 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It doesnt matter if you have an actually lisp or not, just to say lisp anyways gives you a lisp....
2006-10-12 06:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by Rae 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's an onomatopoeia, a word that sounds like the concept it describes. Like BANG! or meow. It's the same reason "stuttering" has so many t's.
2006-10-12 06:08:27 · answer #8 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's cruel unusual punishment...
2006-10-12 06:59:43 · answer #9 · answered by Maggz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well it sounds funny when someone witha lisp says it.
2006-10-12 06:11:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋