Speech Problem

i_am_sam SG

Hi guys. I am a 16-year-old secondary four student (male), and I am self-conscious and frustrated about my lisp. I had one since I was young and people have teased me about it. I have difficulty pronouncing c’s, s’s, x’s and z’s, and mispronounce them as th’s. It is so serious that people have told me they cannot understand what I am trying to say. I have become so self-conscious and frustrated about my lisp that I am afraid to speak in public now and when I do speak I try to avoid using any words with the “s” sound. This is very troubling. Anybody here have the same problem and similar experiences to share? Thank you.

sgboy2004 SG

Try to practice reading in private... for go for some form of speech therapy

shan_cai SG

Practice makes perfect~

wuming78 SG

agree.

dun be impatient. and practice alot, progressively, from simple to hard. and practice reading out loud. it wil be better if u can find someone to practice to and correct u if need be.

Devil1976 SG

Yes. There're people like you. Though communications is a very important part of our life, luckily to speak, talking is not the only form of communication. I know people who are like you and I believe it isn't really bothering them that much? Perhaps at your current age, people around you are still relatively young and tends to be more insensitive. As you grow older and strengthen your ties with the people around you, such a kind of probelm can be slowly overcomed. And it's also believe that the more you're too wary of such a problem, the worse it'll become. Sure you can improve yourself on that problem, but try to be more positive about it? At least it's not a physical inability, so through all mean... WORK on it? Wink

MooKu SG

ehh relac.

Noticed Bryan Wong has a lisp too.. does he? Or am I just paranoid?

Anyway if he does.. well look on the bright side.. one day u can be like him Mr. Green

FireIce SG

don't be afraid to talk.....

u can rectify it by practising in front of the mirror, prepare a list of words........speak by projecting ur voice loud and pronouncing each word very slowly.......

u might oso wanna learn phonetics to supplement......and how u shd move ur mouth and tongue and teeth to say each syllable.......

larrenV2.003 SG

You r ok...... Mr. Green anyway i had the same problem as u when i was in Primary school now ok liao compared to someone wif dyslexia........u r far better off than them so cherish this chance to improve yorself by spaeaking slowly.......

798 SG

i have handicap in pronouncing "r" (pronoun Rrrr). My classmates alway teased me, "what's come after O?" "O, P, Q, Rrrrr...." "HaHaHa!" Very hurt to be teased by them. Mad

Ayukat SG

Your problem seems a lot like my friend's. This is the advice by the teacher to him, try and speak slowly. At least yours is a speech problem, mine's a voice problem. I had a girlish voice since young and now it has developed into a rough high pitch voice. Crying or Very sad

i_am_sam SG

I also have difficulty pronouncing l’s and r’s, mispronouncing them as w’s. Therefore I will say “thingapore” instead of “singapore” and “wight” instead of right”. I think it is because of so many articulation problems that people have told me that they cannot understand what I am trying to say. It is embarrassing when people keep on asking me to repeat what I have just said. Some people do not even listen to me and ignore me. Oral presentations are the worst because people either keep on asking me what I am trying to say or laugh. I have tried practising but I just cannot change the way I speak. Anybody here know of other people in the same boat?

Master -_- SG

haha oops

Devil1976 SG

Yes. I know of such people. And like I've said, they seems to be doing just fine? Try to speak more slowly for a start? That should help at least a bit?

Danisdead101times SG

no worries boy...just be proud of yourself,nobody is perfect in this world,they may laugh at u but maybe they didn't realise that they have some thing worse than your pronouncation,so just live up with your life and be happy Wink

[email protected]_arms SG

Listen to BBC 88.9 or 89.8 either of those numbers 8 and 9. LIsten to how the Brits talk, and try and practice using your tongue. Get the basics right 1st, and talk to more people.

But I kinda like girls who have trouble speaking properly, like this German immigrant I knew once, could not pronounce/speak english properly, I taught her and we became close once, before she went back. Anywayz, my point is this, if I can be attracted to a girl like that (not that there's anything wrong with it), maybe some girls would find you cute and would like to help u out. Smile