The 'S' Sound: How To Get Rid Of A Splashy, Sibilant 'S' 

Gary Reid Music how did urs go

Lol I'm trying so hard to pronounce this now.

Theres an app for that

Hey can you please help me this lisp...plzz ..can you tell me how do I overcome this problem

AHAHHAAAAA WORD

Blue Engelking meeeeeeee. my mom does it and im trying to get here to stop it makes me want to punch a wall

I think what never gets talked about is that almost everyone I speak to, has a different technique for pronouncing S because our mouths are shaped differently, our teeth are arranged differently, our tongue are different sizes, etc. The S sound should be abolished. It’s the only letter deaf people can’t pronounce, and even a lot of blind people and people with missing teeth struggle with it.

When I'm saying S but sounds is f plz help for this

@@ultrakwon I use a small piece of gum pressed against the upper rear of my front teeth & partly on the roof of my mouth. Deflects air and really helps. Very small piece if gum.

Same. I don’t have a lisp but my s’ are like essss. My tongue is in the right position so I don’t get it lol

Personally I've been blaming my teeth structure all this time.

My teeth structure is actually bad

As someone who's never had this problem but has wondered every now and then why this could happen, my first assumption was that they have too much saliva in their mouths haha. Well, not for the example shown in this video, but in cases where you can hear the saliva modulating the "sss" or "sh" sound someone makes, making it sound wet and sloshy/splashy.

@@mikeexits I think it's my teeth they are really bad with holes everywhere

Well explained

Thank you! I was confused because I have a bit of a lisp, but my s sounds start on my bottom teeth, never the top. Following his advice for the top teeth actually made the lisp far worse :D

Any One can explain it in Hindi plz how to pronounce 's'

Thank you! Because this whole video I wasn’t able to do what he was talking about lol

Thank you. I'm realizing I'm one of those that do it both ways depending on where the "S" is in the word (i.e. beginning, middle, or end), so nothing offered in this video is helping. Especially when a word, for example, starts and ends with an "S," like the word "sounds" - I can only get the "S" sounding better at the beginning by moving my tongue away from my lower teeth, but then the plural "S" at the end either gets distorted (like a speech impediment) or, after practicing, becomes a "z" sound if I emphasize the "d" right before it. To remove it completely, in my case, seems to only work by either dramatically opening and changing my mouth/lip shape throughout a drawn out pronunciation of this one syllable word (but my mouth inherently treats it like a 2-syllable word on that last "s" - with an added vowel sound coming after)... Which looks quite ridiculous and tires out my jaw.... Or, if I keep my mouth/lip shape looking normal, and focus on making the "s" come from the "d" (if that makes sense), I have to change my breath to push the last "s" out, if I don't want it to turn into a pretty harsh "z" sound. Hopefully at least some of this makes sense... I do have issues with jaw alignment and TMJ, and when dealing with painful TMJD the mouth can't fully open when speaking due to pain, tissue swelling, muscle spasms triggered by the joint dislocation itself, guarding against risk of overextension especially if you have joint hypermobility like I do (risking jaw dislocating & lock jaw) - causing enunciation issues. Bruxism (grinding/clenching teeth) on its own also causes issues with my tongue, given it too gets teeth marks while unconsciously acting as barrier to protect teeth (doesn't help that lots Specialists actually tell TMJ patients to do this to prevent fracturing teeth), causing it to fatigue and swell. It's also possible my tongue swells on its own for various reasons that haven't been clinically assessed... And are very unlikely to, given how doctors are... (dismissive of issues/complaints/symptoms that aren't "injurious" or life threatening). Swelling could possibly be caused by chronic environmental allergies, autoimmunity, acute infection, hormone imbalance and/or thyroid disease, etc - BUT I've had this issue since before I developed any of these diagnoses, so again, my jaw alignment could be a big part of the problem - possibly creating a smaller space the tongue amongst my lower teeth (although I no longer have an overbite, so idk). Either way, this causes fatigue for the tongue, which is correlated with the "S" issue. If that's the case... There's no medical or dental intervention that can help my case, given there's no cure for EDS, which causes joint hypermobility, a musculoskeletal disease. Jaw surgery won't stop hyperextension or shifting alignment, which is usually fixed by straightening and/or re-aligning morals - a temporary fix for those with EDS given it causes teeth to shift. I already wear a highly specialized mouth guard for TMJ... And if insurance would cover Botox to treat the hypertrophied jaw muscles, that'd greatly reduced my jaw pain. I already deal with fatigue now when speaking too long or too often... Feels like I'm slowly losing my ability to communicate, let alone get past this one speech issue that makes me sound like a valley girl, and messes with my singing voice. EDS isn't a rare disease and it's insanely underdiagnosed, there's absolutely no reason for research to be so underfunded because I guarantee you tons of people with this, and other speech impediments, have TMJ, and therefore could have EDS - the leading cause of TMJ & TMJD.

The Sun it won’t work for me

I can't even do it bc my overbite is so bad

The Sun THANK YOU OMG YOUR INSTRUCTIONS HELPED IT HELPED MORE THAN THIS VIDEO

i put my tongue behind the bottom row teeth and it works just the same, i used to have a problem saying "S", then someone instructed me to place my tongue behind my front teeth and to the top of my mouth, i couldnt make the S sound then, but by simply trying to place my tongue behind my front teeth and not between or on them fixed the problem after a few days. the current situation is that the tip of my tongue is behind the bottom row, and the middle of it is high. i have an overbite and currently have braces, i don't know if it matters. hope this helps someone..

@@Tig3rS1 how u can say it when u put tongue down. I cant make any noice?? And my front teeth has a gap so its horrible. Can u tell me more about that when u put ur tongue down and overbite?

Great to hear! Good luck :)

Have you been practicing?

seahood OMGGG i just got my braces the other day and my friends told me that i had a lisp beacuse of them.Its so awlful...Idk what to do

r u better now?

I have a similar issue with breathing super shallowly because I had to wear a back brace for a number of years. Even though I've not worn it for perhaps 15 years or more my breathing is still super shallow. Sometimes these things have unknow consequences. I always found my voice slightly annoying and I didnt realise till the past week when I had to do a narrated powerpoint presentation for my UNI course what it was, I have a very slight lisp. I'm turning to RU-vid in the hope I may be able to learn to correct it. Have you had any luck?

You're not alone 😩

It sounds deeper and sexier ? Lol i hope i'll improve my S pronunciation too

Same 😭

Same my tongue won’t listen to me 😭

Same

Me too 😭

me too! 😰

Same

Animeguy23 😂😂😂

SAME BRUH SAME

Iv'A wide thick tongue... the sides hits the rt/lt sides of my teeth. Wet and exaggerated S'es. This won t help me.

Animeguy23 mines fat

@Quốc Cường SAME HERE. But do u have gap in front ur teeth? I do. It makes very bad list noise

Agreeeed :) Still learning to use it!

+Matt Pocock Try using a tripod and place the camera with a slight downward angle. That's apparently great for hiding double chins in our videos. (Not that you have one... Yet, lol)

How u do it.

Elias Hiltunen Watch the video

I did

U say the s front teeth or putting tongue down?

Elias Hiltunen The teeth trick, gradually moving your tongue further back.

+megan e Yes I found it really helpful as well! Not totally eliminated my lisp tho but it's hugely improved. I recorded my sound and I can tell the difference immediately.

+megan e Hi Megan - so glad you found this helpful. Has the lisp gone completely?

+Muye Zhang Hi Muye - yay! Glad to hear I could help. Has the sound changed for you at all?

Hey Evan, thanks so much! Ok, often as your body grows it'll become easier to make the sounds, so you'll be able to hit them cleaner :) Good luck!

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