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[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

No, but I intentionally mispronounced spaghetti because the kids who couldn't say it correctly got more attention.

[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 31 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

When I was 5, I went to a speech therapist for an S lisp. I remember first thing they told me was that I'm meant to keep my tongue behind my teeth. I had to say, "Sammy the silly snake slithers by" and nailed it. I forget all the other stuff, but never had a lisp after that very brief and distinct moment.

All I remember before that was adults saying to me, "No, like this." and would just hiss at me. Who'd have thought a few seconds of explaining something would actually work.

[-] Hawke@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Most of the time people don’t think about things thoroughly enough to describe them usefully. Or they don’t have the language to describe them.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Most people can't articulate how things are done, it takes a professional. That's why a lot of scientific and mathematical discoveries seem so obvious. Knowing how to do something, or how something works, is not the same as being able to define how it is done in a provable and repeatable fashion.

Edit: congratulations on overcoming your lisp!

[-] joyjoy@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

I was in speech therapy all through elementary school. The only thing I remember was being told "smile when you pronounce your R's."

I honestly should've taken a class on how to hold a pencil. Instead of teaching me properly, they just let me type my assignments. It wasn't until high school that I learned to actually write by staring at a classmate's hand as she wrote and copying her form. My handwriting is still shit btw. I just don't get cramps as easily.

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