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{{quote|''"[[Insult Backfire|A snake, am I]]? [[Pre
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Ssnaketalk 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.
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* In the ''[[Warcraft (Video Game)|Warcraft]]'' novel trilogy, [[The War of the Ancients]], one of the [[Our Demons Are Different|demon commanders]], Hakkar the Houndmaster, exemplifies this. Though he isn't so reptillian as much as a flaming skull on a scaled body...
* In ''[[Animorphs (Literature)|Animorphs]],'' the Taxxons have tongues so long they ''can't'' speak any language but their own, which is filled with "S's."
* In [[Tanya Huff]]'s novel ''[[Confederation of Valor|Valor's Choice]]'', the reptilian race is heard this way by the protagonist ''even though their native language is being run through a [[Universal Translator]].'' This is explained as the protagonist's translator being either old or broken and her needing a replacement. The rest of the Marines hear the Silsviss speaking normally. [[
* Gollum in [[JRR Tolkien (Creator)|JRR Tolkien]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|The Lord of the Rings]]'', my preciousss. Gollum is so fond of sibilants that he will use all nouns in the plural (regardless of actual number) and all verbs in s-form (regardless of whether the subject is third-person singular or not). He also avoids second person, using third person instead. Probably to get even more sibilants in.
** Not just probably: Tolkien once spotted an "error" in ''[[The Hobbit (Literature)|The Hobbit]]'' as printed, where Gollum said the correct "I like riddles" instead of "likes". As he said, "Not that Gollum would miss the chance of a sibilant!"
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* In the ''[[Percy Jackson and The Olympians (Literature)|Percy Jackson and The Olympians]]'' world, this is how Dracaenae (snake/dragon women monster thingies) talk.
* All the Fangsss in The Wingfeather Saga ssslip in and out of Snake Talk.
* Mostly averted in [[Harry Turtledove]]'s ''[[
* In another non-reptilian example, ratfolk of Pular Singe's line have trouble with hissing their sibilants when speaking Karentine (language of ''[[Garrett PI]]'''s home city). Subverted in that it's merely mentioned as a racial accent/speech impediment, rather than sssspelled out in the text.
* Strangely enough, used in Jane Yolen's ''Heart's Blood'' series. Heart's Blood's offspring in the later books all have names with prominent hissing sssssyllables. [[Fridge Logic|The dragons are telepathic and communicate mostly through projecting visuals, and grow up around humans who would typically give them noun-based names like their mother's]]...
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== Wesssstern Animation ==
* Mac does this on one of his [[G
{{quote| "It burn usss! IT BURN USSS!"}}
** This is, of course, an indirect example, being an obvious parody of Gollum (who himself is listed a couple sections up)
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