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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.
GAYDAR—SENDG MIXED SIGNALS
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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.
THE PREVALENCE OF LISPG GAY MEN
Several well known, and one misunrstood, featur of the stereotypil gay voice | Johnson * 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 PCH, LISP?
Gay stereotypg. Encyclopedia article on "gay speak".
GAY LISP
Enomist article on soundg gay.
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