Whose cruel idea was it for the word "Lisp" to have an "S" in it?
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Mine. Mwa ha ha ha ha!
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hahah good one
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well picked up, it is abit ironic isn't it!!
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Susan Sorissnessons.
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You are killing me I th-wear! I have a th-itch in my th-omouch!
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Hilariousssssssssssssssss!
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Probably someone who made fun of someone like me who has a lisp. Because I got teased so much in grade school, I taught myself how to talk without it being noticed so much.
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i know i'm going to get downgraded for this answer but i think people with lisp have this type of force over me...i find lisp very attractive.
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SssSsSatan
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It's an old word; it comes from Germanic and Nordic roots. Here's what the etymology book says: 'late O.E. awlyspian, from wlisp (adj.) "lisping," probably of imitative origin (cf. M.Du., O.H.G. lispen, Dan. læspe, Swed. läspa). The noun is first attested 1625.'
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the same person that made abreviate such a long word, and spelled phonetic, it should be fonetic!
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It's onomatopoeia
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The same who put it in "s-s-tutt-er".
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I think it was Murphy, I mean look at all the trouble his laws get us in to.
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http://www.answerbag.com/q_view/110527
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Very clever,lol, it should be a "th". + :o)
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the same person who only came up with one word for thesaurus
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It's onomatopoeia.
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Thats one f the funniest and most insightful things I have ever read.
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a cruel person who thought it would be funny
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I know it should have been spelled lithp
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LOL....that's a very astute observation! I juth don't know how thumone could do thuch a cruel thoughtleth thing.
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probably the same guy who decided to name the fear of long words hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia its almost sadistic lol
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LOL Yeah! It should be spelled 'lithp' !
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I did, I also let the dogs out. Why?
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Somebody very cruel, that's for sure.
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Alonzo Church - List Processing Language :P
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lol... was just talkin bout this with my mates today... to answer your question... sorry i have no idea.
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And who's idea was it to spell "phonetic" with a "ph?" Some guy on drugs is who.
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i never thought of that, thats pretty funny and cruel at same time
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Thuffering Thuckotash! You are right.
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Oh yeah!! lol! You'd think that there would have been better things it could have been called!
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