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A lisp is a speech impediment, historically also known as sigmatism.• Speakers of Latin American Spanish often think that speakers of Castilian Spanish speak with a Castilian lisp. This is because Castilians have separate phenomes /s/ and /θ/, whereas the seseo speakers in Andalucía and Latin America will pronounce both as s. A separate phenomenon, seen in parts of Andalucía, pronounces both as θ; this is called ceceo. One of the prevailing stereotypes about homosexuals, particularly males, is that they are perceived to talk in an unusually high-pitched voice with a lisp. (see Gay lisp below.) The interdental lisp is actually standard in the Turkmen language. Notable people that had or have lisps include: John Adams also had a lisp in his later years, but this was because he refused to wear dentures. Moses is described as having "slow speech and a slow tongue" (Exodus 4:10), which is traditionally interpreted as a lisp, though others have believed it was a stutter or merely hesitancy. Winston Churchill had a slight lisp, which is often incorrectly said to have been a stutter . Bryan Murray, head coach of the Ottawa Senators has a strong lisp. .
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