diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm
index 59a6387f7d5..900e8f7363c 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/carbon/human/species_types.dm
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 /datum/species/lizard/handle_speech(message)
 	// jesus christ why
 	if(copytext(message, 1, 2) != "*")
-		message = replacetext(message, "s", stutter("ss"))
+		message = replacetext(message, "s", "sss")
 
 	return message