/* * The language everyone can speak. But no one understands. */ string long() { return "Consists of grunting noises.\n"; } mixed garble_say(string start, string rest) { string nam, loud; sscanf(start, "%s %s:", nam, start); if (sscanf(start, "%s loudly", start) == 1) loud = " loudly"; else loud = ""; switch (start) { case "asks" : nam = nam+" quizzically grunts"+loud; break; case "exclaims" : nam = nam+" pointedly grunts"+loud; break; default : nam = nam+" grunts"+loud; break; } return ({ nam+".", "" }); }