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A lisp is a speech impediment. People with a lisp pronounce the letter 's' as 'th'. It is somewhat ironic that this handicap is called a "lisp."

In some variants of Andalusian Spanish, the lisp (ceceo) has been institutionalized as a common part of the language. For example, the word zapatos (shoes) might be pronounced as [thapatoth], contrasting with Castilian [thapatos] and American Spanish [sapatos]. According to legend, the lisp became common in Castillian because one of the Spanish kings (generally identified as Felipe V or Carlos V) spoke with a lisp, and his courtiers did not want to embarrass him by speaking otherwise. Actually, 15th-century Spanish had several phonemes that are currently rendered as s. Some dialects evolved part or all of them to th.

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	A '''lisp''' is a [[speech impediment]]. People with a lisp pronounce the letter 's' as 'th'. It is somewhat [[irony\|ironic]] that this handicap is called a "lisp."		A '''lisp''' is a [[speech impediment]]. People with a lisp pronounce the letter 's' as 'th'. It is somewhat [[irony\|ironic]] that this handicap is called a "lisp."

	In [[~~Castillian~~]] [[Spanish language\|Spanish]], the lisp has been institutionalized as a common part of the language. For example, the word ''zapatos'' (shoes) might be pronounced as ''thapatoth~~''.~~ ~~Similarly,~~ ''[[~~Barcelona~~]]'' ~~is pronounced ''Barthelona''. In each case, the lisp is generally faint~~ and ~~does~~ ~~not interfere either with speech~~ ~~or with the understanding of what is said~~. According to legend, the lisp became common in Castillian because one of the Spanish kings (generally identified as [[Philip V of Spain\|Felipe V]] or [[Carlos V of Spain\|Carlos V]]) spoke with a lisp, and his courtiers did not want to embarrass him by speaking otherwise.		In some variants of [[Andalusia]]n [[Spanish language\|Spanish]], the lisp (''ceceo'') has been institutionalized as a common part of the language. For example, the word ''zapatos'' (shoes) might be pronounced as [thapatoth], contrasting with [[Castilian]] [thapatos] and [[American Spanish]] [sapatos]. According to legend, the lisp became common in Castillian because one of the Spanish kings (generally identified as [[Philip V of Spain\|Felipe V]] or [[Carlos V of Spain\|Carlos V]]) spoke with a lisp, and his courtiers did not want to embarrass him by speaking otherwise. Actually, 15th-century Spanish had several phonemes that are currently rendered as ''s''. Some dialects evolved part or all of them to ''th''.