The "lateral" lisp, where the 's' and 'z' sounds are produced with air escaping over the sides of the tongue, is also called 'slushy ess' or a 'slushy lisp' due to the wet, spitty sound. The symbols for these
Lateralized sounds are in the Extended
International Phonetic Alphabet for speech disorders, and .
Finally there is the "palatal lisp" where the speaker attempts to make the sounds with the tongue in contact with the palate.
Speakers of
Latin America n
Spanish often think that speakers of
Castilian Spanish speak with a
Castilian Lisp . The interdental lisp is actually standard in the
Turkmen Language .
Notable people that had or have lisps include or merely hesitancy.
Winston Churchill had a slight lisp, which is often incorrectly said to have been a stutter.
