Several well known, and one misunrstood, featur of the stereotypil gay voice | Johnson
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GAY LISP
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A gay lisp is actually not a lisp but refers to stereotypil speech attribut assigned to and sometim seen gay mal. Several speech featur are stereotyped as markers of gay male inty: reful pronunciatn, wi pch range, high and rapidly changg pch, breathy tone, lengthened itive sounds, and pronunciatn of t as ts and d as dz. Some rearchers report that North Amerin gay men tend to pronounce sibilants (s, z, sh, and the like) wh assibilatn -- more sibilatn, hissg, or strincy.
A study by Rudolf Gd vtigated claims that people n intify gay mal by their speech and that the listeners e pch range and fluctuatn cidg.
GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
The prent study examed the popular stereotype that gay men lisp by evaluatg to what extent listeners associated ntal or ontal articulatn/lispg wh gayns. Fifteen heterosexual mal and 15 heterosexual femal listened to 275 sampl of read speech and judged the sexual orientatn o … * gay lisp wikipedia *
Gd found that listeners uld intify gay male speakers, but that there were no nvcg differenc pch. Some analysts say gay people speak wh an affected accent, as a way of signallg their inty and affiliatn wh the gay subculture, or a way to exprs femy. Gay stereotypg.
Encyclopedia article on "gay speak". Enomist article on soundg gay.
THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
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Beyond Lispg: Co Swchg and Gay Speech Styl. Ask a Homo: Livg for the Lisp.
Wele back to “Ask a Homo,” Outward’s no-judgement answer service for all your qutns on LGBTQ polics, culture, etiquette, language, and other queer nundms.
This week, Bryan Lowr n-sth-irs the li-sth-p and other elements of the “stereotypil gay manner of speakg”—and honey, ’s jt fabulo!
GAY PCH, LISP?
Send your queri—for publitn—to slateoutward@, and please put “ASK A HOMO” the subject le. Gaydar is a reified skill that nfirms the existence of a gay speech muny, but n terme a speaker's membership? Many people thk that they n regnize a gay man based on his speech.
GAY LISP
In other words, they believe that they have a gaydar.