Comments on: Speech therapy and the importance of speaking correctly http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/ Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:49:57 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/comment-page-1/#comment-11888 Cyde Weys Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:13:50 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/#comment-11888 William: Heh. It's funny, I've completely lost the ability to mispronounce my Rs when speaking English (I couldn't for the world speak it the improper way that I used to). But the R is still completely there when I switch into French, or try my hand at some Japanese words I've picked up from anime. William: Heh. It’s funny, I’ve completely lost the ability to mispronounce my Rs when speaking English (I couldn’t for the world speak it the improper way that I used to). But the R is still completely there when I switch into French, or try my hand at some Japanese words I’ve picked up from anime.

]]> By: William http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/comment-page-1/#comment-11887 William Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:06:40 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/#comment-11887 Damn it, that's exactly the sounds I'm working on. I can't get the Japanese R! Damn it, that’s exactly the sounds I’m working on. I can’t get the Japanese R!

]]> By: Kat http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/comment-page-1/#comment-11870 Kat Fri, 14 Dec 2007 05:59:37 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/#comment-11870 I ended up going to speech therapy in middle school, too... which was about three years *after* I needed it, mostly. By then I only lisped when I was nervous, but it was my choir director who eventually got me sent out; I would have gotten a solo with the group except that I couldn't get through it without sounding snakelike. What made it worse is that I had no scheduled appointment time; I got called out of class on the intercom to go to the library when the therapist was ready, and I was already the weird kid. I never said what I getting called for... Fortunately, it was only a few weeks before she decided I didn't need to keep going, that I was just to concentrate on my speech and relax when I got worked up... I don't think I would have minded at all except for the embarrassment of being called to leave for *something*, and not wanting to admit to having to do what by middle school was mainly for the developmentally disabled kids, while in elementary school it wouldn't have been a big deal. I ended up going to speech therapy in middle school, too… which was about three years *after* I needed it, mostly. By then I only lisped when I was nervous, but it was my choir director who eventually got me sent out; I would have gotten a solo with the group except that I couldn’t get through it without sounding snakelike.

What made it worse is that I had no scheduled appointment time; I got called out of class on the intercom to go to the library when the therapist was ready, and I was already the weird kid. I never said what I getting called for… Fortunately, it was only a few weeks before she decided I didn’t need to keep going, that I was just to concentrate on my speech and relax when I got worked up… I don’t think I would have minded at all except for the embarrassment of being called to leave for *something*, and not wanting to admit to having to do what by middle school was mainly for the developmentally disabled kids, while in elementary school it wouldn’t have been a big deal.

]]> By: Cyde Weys http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/comment-page-1/#comment-11868 Cyde Weys Fri, 14 Dec 2007 04:53:16 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/speech-therapy-and-the-importance-of-speaking-correctly/#comment-11868 Incidentally, my original "R" sound was exactly the sound that's used in French, so I did a bang-up job on oral exams in French classes. It's also the same sound as the Japanese "R". Maybe I was just born in the wrong country; English wasn't meant to be my first language? Incidentally, my original “R” sound was exactly the sound that’s used in French, so I did a bang-up job on oral exams in French classes. It’s also the same sound as the Japanese “R”. Maybe I was just born in the wrong country; English wasn’t meant to be my first language?

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