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Many will spot the show’s lisping child as Winthrop from “The Music Man”; fewer may recognize the Schmigadoonean exclamation “yee honk” as joining two oaths from that play, “yee gods” and “great honk.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 16, 2021

“That was my intention — I’m a little prec-iousss about that,” he says, laughing as he drops a quick lisping impression of Gollum.

From Washington Post • Mar. 3, 2021

He gave each character such a unique voice and accent that I can still hear his lisping version of Gollum in Tolkien’s trilogy.

From Salon • Sep. 28, 2019

This bizarre service has lisping jazz-pixie Paloma Faith reading Peter Rabbit stories in a coochie-coo voice, or singing Bye Baby Bunting, or making a shushing noise at you.

From The Guardian • Mar. 19, 2018

A short dark man with a high lisping voice, named Mr. Manzi, stood in front of the class in a tight blue suit holding a little wooden ball.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath