Lisp and Stammer

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Lisp noun - A speech defect that involves pronouncing `s' like voiceless `th' and `z' like voiced `th'.

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Stammer and lisp are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stammer" instead a noun "Lisp".

Nearby Words: lisping, lisped

Stammer noun - A speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds.

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Lisp and stammer are semantically related. You can use "Lisp" instead a noun "Stammer".

Nearby Words: stammering, stammered, stammerer

One Isaac Asimov story has as a major plot point that after a robot almost kills a human by accident (it gave him poisoned tea without realizing it was poisoned), its speech center is nearly fried by the Three Laws violation, and it has a noticeable lisp and stammer.

Source: Electronic Speech Impediment
The Brontosaurus had a brain that was smaller than a crisp, The Dodo has a stammer and the Mammoth had a lisp.

Source: Dumb Dinos

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