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* BreakingPointProfanity: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).

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* BreakingPointProfanity: BreakingPointSwearing: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).

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Renamed trope


* BreakingPointProfanity: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue, or a work that usually doesn't feature profanity features some at one point (or alternatively, a work that usually features mild profanity features a case of strong profanity).



* PrecisionFStrike: A character who doesn't usually swear ends up saying a curse word out of the blue.
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* PeriodPieceModernLanguage: The production is a posh historical one, the language is not.
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* NoPronunciationGuide
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* CalculatorSpelling: Using the seven-segment display on a calculator (usually turned upside-down) to spell out something.

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* PoirotSpeak: A character who has difficulty properly speaking the English language.

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* PoirotSpeak: A character who has difficulty properly speaking the English language.language.
* PokemonSpeak: A character never says anything other than their own name.
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clarifying per TRS


* BilingualAnimal: An animal that both speaks and makes its noises.

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* BilingualAnimal: An animal that both speaks both a human language and makes its noises.animal language.
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* {{Riddle}}: Word puzzles with nonintuitive answers.

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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish

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* SurprisinglyGoodForeignLanguage
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish
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* TechnicalEuphemism: Speaking euphemistically using technical language.
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* ViewerPronunciationConfusion: People have trouble pronouncing something even when the official pronunciation is available.
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* MagicalProfanityFilter: A magic spell or other in-universe effect that prevents characters from swearing.
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* InexplicableLanguageFluency

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* InexplicableLanguageFluencyInexplicableLanguageFluency: A character understands a language they've never seen/heard before.
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* InexplicablySpeaksFluentAlien
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* InexplicableLanguageFluency
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* CallAPegasusAHippogriff
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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish:

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* AsianSpeekeeEngrish:AsianSpeekeeEngrish: East Asian people speaking in broken English.
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+ {{Engrish}}
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* BrandNameTakeover: A brand becomes the generic word for something.
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* OtherworldlyCommunicationFailure: Speaking a language not known to humans may be the cause of this trope.
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Mondegreen is no longer a trope; dewicking


* {{Mondegreen}}: A statement (usually a song lyric) is misheard.

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* {{Mondegreen}}: MondegreenGag: A statement (usually a song lyric) is misheard.

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+ IncoherenceIndex



+ WordSaladIndex
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See also: {{Dialogue}}, InnuendoTropes, OralTradition, WordSaladIndex, the Language UsefulNotes, and Administrivia/HomePagesByLanguage (for this site in other languages).

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See also: {{Dialogue}}, InnuendoTropes, OralTradition, WordSaladIndex, IncoherenceIndex, the Language UsefulNotes, and Administrivia/HomePagesByLanguage (for this site in other languages).
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* CongestionSpeak: A character's written dialogue is misspelled (for instance, replacing "N"s with "D"s) to indicate they have a stuffy nose.
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Moved per thread.


See also: {{Dialogue}}, InnuendoTropes, OralTradition, WordSaladIndex, the Language UsefulNotes, and the LanguageIndices (for this site in other languages).

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See also: {{Dialogue}}, InnuendoTropes, OralTradition, WordSaladIndex, the Language UsefulNotes, and the LanguageIndices Administrivia/HomePagesByLanguage (for this site in other languages).
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Rogue Launched Trope


* OnlyCleanMouth
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* OnlyCleanMouth
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Capitalization was fixed from Main.Sssssnaketalk to Main.Sssssnake Talk. Null edit to update index.

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Renamed trope, and corrected the description (it's more specific than just being pronounced differently)


* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: A word gets pronounced differently.


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* PretentiousPronunciation: A word gets pronounced in a pseudo-foreign manner in an attempt to sound fancy.

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