bit tight don't you think?
2006-11-23 02:11:18 · 12 answers · asked by sinnedfairy 5 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
Becauth that'th the way it'th thpelled, thilly.
2006-11-23 03:27:30 · answer #1 · answered by andrew f 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I once knew a man that walked with a lisp and talked with a limp.
2006-11-23 15:50:19 · answer #2 · answered by mr bump 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose the 's' is there to demonstrate that when the word lisp is spoken you can tell if a person has a 'lithp' because they can't say the 's'!
2006-11-23 10:17:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Congrats! You're at least the 100th person to ask about that on Yahoo Answers. Here's a link to the others...
http://answers.yahoo.com/search/search_result;_ylt=AsETSfndBShDmEIMRg6mDCwnzKIX?p=s+in+lisp&scope=&mc=&fltr=_en&tab=0&asktime=&st=1
Why not make use of the knowledge base?
2006-11-23 12:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Same reason dyslexia is so hard to spell...
Qu. What do you call it if you have a dyslexic, schizophrenic agnostic?
Ans. A person who's in two minds about whether or not there's a dog...
;)
2006-11-23 10:16:16 · answer #5 · answered by SilverSongster 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Dyslexia rules KO?
2006-11-23 10:25:41 · answer #6 · answered by Basement Bob 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same reason there's an r in r pwoblem
and I don't want to attempt to say st-st-stamm-m-mer
2006-11-23 10:17:51 · answer #7 · answered by Yeah yeah yeah 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you referring to the word 'lips'?
2006-11-23 10:32:55 · answer #8 · answered by Sami V 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Funny posts here!
My best guess: it's onomatopoeitic http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=onomatopoeia
boom!
bang!
>hiccup<
yes, even stammer!
2006-11-23 10:22:34 · answer #9 · answered by RolloverResistance 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If there wasn't the word would be lip!
2006-11-23 10:14:52 · answer #10 · answered by Sky_Blue_Stav 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋