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If someone you met had a speech impediment, like I don't know, they were deaf, they repeated themselves alot, had a Southern drawl, talked gangsta, or had an Elmer Fudd accent, could you get past it and continue the relationship? Or do they need to go to speech class? Two things that happened to me: I once knew a girl that actually did talk like Elmer Fudd, She could not pronounce 'R's or 'L's. The other one I knew way over-used the phrase "You know," and she swore like a drunken sailor, or maybe she just has Tourette's Syndrome. I'm born and raised in Alabama..that doesn't mean that I can't speak correctly..I just chose not to..lol.  
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Another thing I'd like to reiterate about "speech impediments," this is a phrase not created by me, and tends to be interpreted somehow as a handicap. In reality it is nothing more than a curiosity or a habit from a learned behavior, and the inability to correct the behavior. Try getting a Frenchman to correctly pronounce any word starting with "th." Or a Latino to pronounce a word starting with "s" or "y." Or a Chinese to pronounce a word starting with "R." Or a Japanese pronouncing a word starting with "L." There seems to be cultural obstacles involved when learning a language. Whenever I learned a new language, I was taught that pronunciation and grammar are very important, but when our international guests come here, they take short-cuts, and we still get the gist of what they are trying to say. Dan! Where are you Dan!? |
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I took speech class in first grade. I had problems pronouncing tr- I would use the f sound instead. Of course people thought it funny and would ask me to pronounce truck. My parents were not THAT amused. No problems now-just some who wish I would shut up.
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My son used infantile substitution as he couldnt say the sound "C" and replaced it with "T".
I think the quirks of a persons voice/accent r wat makes us individual and interesting. |
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I had 4 years of speech therapy as a kid. My teachers thought I was screwed up. The reality is, I was taught Polish and Slavic and constantly rolled my R's and L's and D's. Took em a while but, they did manage to break me. (Though now I don't pronounce my own damned name right)
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If someone you met had a speech impediment, like I don't know, they were deaf, they repeated themselves alot, had a Southern drawl, talked gangsta, or had an Elmer Fudd accent, could you get past it and continue the relationship? Or do they need to go to speech class? Two things that happened to me: I once knew a girl that actually did talk like Elmer Fudd, She could not pronounce 'R's or 'L's. The other one I knew way over-used the phrase "You know," and she swore like a drunken sailor, or maybe she just has Tourette's Syndrome. Depending on where you go, EVERYONE has an accent! Seriously...I got more comments about mine when I was in New England this fall - I was thinking everyone ELSE talked funny! |
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There's a big difference between someone having an accent and a speech impediment.
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I'm from Texas and as far as I can tell everyone from everywhere else talks kinda funny
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I'm from Texas and as far as I can tell everyone from everywhere else talks kinda funny No doubt. But, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to speak proper english (Texish). They can't all be perfect. |
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Edited by
Quietman_2009
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Fri 12/04/09 12:41 PM
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I'm from Texas and as far as I can tell everyone from everywhere else talks kinda funny No doubt. But, it is unrealistic to expect everyone to speak proper english (Texish). They can't all be perfect. that is true I guess if everyone got to be a Texan it would be kinda crowded here speaking phonetically, like my daddy says, "never ayask a pursen if thayr frum Tyexas. Iffayore, thayell tehya Iffer not yool jist embearsem" |
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I took speech class in first grade. I had problems pronouncing tr- I would use the f sound instead. Of course people thought it funny and would ask me to pronounce truck. My parents were not THAT amused. No problems now-just some who wish I would shut up. my nephew had that problem. Imagine when he saw a Trucker or Truck driver. It was kinda funny but we helped him with the letters. My son had a harder time. He had a hard time with L's. |
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is it a speech impediment or a hearing impediment that the OP has.
Cuz eye gots mi an axent en eye loaf eett 
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my mom has trouble with "L"
she is always plannin a trip to Coddarodder |
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<------She has a French Louisiana accent...it was one of the things I fell in love with when I was eavesdropping (yes, I know...normally I'm better mannered) the first time I saw her in Galatoire's in the French Quarter. I've always loved the various Southern accents...and even though I was born and raised in the South...I don't have one...but, oh my, they are melliferous!
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When I was really young, like about 4 or 5, my mother tells me, that for some reason I spoke with a Boston accent. We lived in Michigan, not Mass. so I can't explain where I picked it up. It went away when I turned 7. My little brother used to have a lisp, and was incapable of pronouncing certain words. He sounded like a cross between Cindy Brady and Sylvester the Cat.
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my mom has trouble with "L" she is always plannin a trip to Coddarodder Adam would always use W's instead of L's But regardless of any of that...I don't think it's a reason to not date someone....for me anyway |
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Where's Dan when you need him. P-P-P-P-P-P-P-P-PISS OFF! |
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