I've just been listening to recording of The first time I sang at the Critics group in 1969
After saying all sorts of encouraging things about my singing, he pointed out the habit I then had of singing my s's slightly lispy - he said I sounded gay (not in those words in those less enlightened days)
He ws right - (I had the sometimes Liverpool habit of singing with my tongue against my front teeth
The Group worked with me at it and by the end of the evening I had it licked (pun)
I'm happy to say that, after that I managed to lose the habit
It's that sort of work I vauled most in The Critics Group
Jim Carroll