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Thee T ith theriouth you guyth. Cath-wordth.

 

No, it won't rub off mate. A lithp ith wiwwy not thomething you thimply pick up!

 

A lisp is a speech development issue picked up by young children as they learn to speak. You have an accent because you are hearing words from those around you said in a certain way. Therefore if a child hears an adult say "theriouth", how does the child realise its an error and not pronounce it that way.

 

Im not taking the pith btw.

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Maybe if everyody the kid spoke to ever had a lisp, then maybe they'd speak that way, see Spanish, or Ethpanyol.

 

but no, not one person at a nursery, you doyle.

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I'll ask my lass, CT if you like - she's studying speech therapy and has had several placements working with little'uns with speech disorders/difficulties.

 

Aye that would be canny. Im sure the answer will be its ok as the nursery wouldnt employ her but still nice to know.

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I think its a fairly honest question.

 

If your child was in a nursery being spoken and read too by a scottish person then it would be only normal that they may pick up some scottish twang.

 

:lol:

 

"Ma, get me some fucking Iron Bru now!"

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Should somebody with a lisp be allowed to work as a nursery nurse?

 

Can it rub off?

That's like saying should someone with a Pakistani accent be allowed to be a nursery nurse for fear of kids sounding like they run a corner shop at 8 and 9 years of age.
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I think its a fairly honest question.

 

If your child was in a nursery being spoken and read too by a scottish person then it would be only normal that they may pick up some scottish twang.

 

The problem is that the question has very shaky ground as it's foundations. The child would have to hear lisped words and only lisped words to think that it was the "correct" way to pronounce. I can't believe you needed someone else to tell you that

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The problem is that the question has very shaky ground as it's foundations. The child would have to hear lisped words and only lisped words to think that it was the "correct" way to pronounce. I can't believe you needed someone else to tell you that

 

But a child with Lispy 5 days a week is going to hear more of her pronunciation than her own parents (not that he's there that long).

 

The fact that you think this is so open and shut, surprises me.

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