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Thissss iss a [[Self-Demonstrating Article|Ssssself Demonssssstrating Article]]
 
'''{{PAGENAME}}Sssssnaketalk''' iss the tendenccy of any ssnake or [[Snake People|ssnake-like creature/persson]] to sspeak sso that any ssibilant ssound becomess "ss", pressumably to imitate a ssnake hisssing.
 
Ssometimess appliess sssso broadly it affectsss any reptilian creature - even when it doessn't make any sssenssssse. Asss much asss a talking reptile can make sssenssssse anyway, even if every other [[Talking Animal]] isss perfectly capable of talking.
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{{quote|'''Kaidoh''': "Fssssssshhhhhhhhuuuuuuuu..."}}
 
== [[Comic BookssssssBooks]]sssss ==
* ''[[Judge Dredd (comics)|Judge Dredd]]'': The crime issss life, the ssssentence issss death!
* [[Spider-Man]] villains the Lizard, [[Venom (Comic Book)|Venom]], and Stegron.
* Subverted by King Tyrant Lizard in ''[[Empowered]]'', who has a prominent lisp and simply cannot properly make "s" sounds, a fact that he is very sensitive about.
* [[Twisted ToyfareToyFare Theatre]]'s version of Cobra Commander talks like this, as a [[Take That]] to the characters portrayal in the second half of ''[[G.I. Joe: The Movie]]'' (the '80s cartoon movie, natch).
* [[The DCU|DC Comics]] snake cult/terrorist organization Kobra requires this as a stage of initiation for all their convert.
* The lizards and reptiles in the ''[[Star Fox (series)|Star FOX]]'' ''[[Nintendo Power]]'' comic book all speak like this.
* This style of speaking, as employed by Reptile in ''[[Mortal Kombat 4]]'', originated in the ''MKII'' comics.
 
== [[Fan WorkssssssWorks]]sssss ==
* Averted and lampshaded in the ''[[Undocumented Features]]'' story ''Twilight'' ([[Twilight (novel)|no relation]]), where Jormungand's speech is "perfectly atypical for the world's largest snake to have", because it doesn't use ssnakeTalk.
* Esmé in ''[[Pawn to Queen]]'', to an incredibly [[Narm]]y degree, especially with the fic otherwise being a [[Darker and Edgier]] angstfest.