/mob/proc/say()
	return

/mob/verb/whisper()
	set name = "Whisper"
	set category = "IC"
	return

/mob/verb/say_verb(message as text)
	set name = "Say"
	set category = "IC"
	if(say_disabled)	//This is here to try to identify lag problems
		usr << "\red Speech is currently admin-disabled."
		return
	//Let's try to make users fix their errors - we try to detect single, out-of-place letters and 'unintended' words
	var/first_letter = copytext(message,1,2)
	if((copytext(message,2,3) == " " && first_letter != "I" && first_letter != "A" && first_letter != ";") || cmptext(copytext(message,1,5), "say ") || cmptext(copytext(message,1,4), "me ") || cmptext(copytext(message,1,6), "looc ") || cmptext(copytext(message,1,5), "ooc ") || cmptext(copytext(message,2,6), "say "))
		var/response = alert(usr, "Do you really want to say this using the *say* verb?\n\n[message]\n", "Confirm your message", "Yes", "Edit message", "No")
		if(response == "Edit message")
			message = input(usr, "Please edit your message carefully:", "Edit message", message)
			if(!message)
				return
		else if(response == "No")
			return

	set_typing_indicator(0)
	usr.say(message)

/mob/verb/me_verb(message as text)
	set name = "Me"
	set category = "IC"

	if(say_disabled)	//This is here to try to identify lag problems
		usr << "\red Speech is currently admin-disabled."
		return

	message = strip_html_properly(message)

	set_typing_indicator(0)
	if(use_me)
		usr.emote("me",usr.emote_type,message)
	else
		usr.emote(message)

/mob/proc/say_dead(var/message)
	if(say_disabled)	//This is here to try to identify lag problems
		usr << "\red Speech is currently admin-disabled."
		return

	if(!src.client.holder)
		if(!dsay_allowed)
			src << "\red Deadchat is globally muted"
			return

	if(client && !(client.prefs.toggles & CHAT_DEAD))
		usr << "\red You have deadchat muted."
		return

	say_dead_direct("[pick("complains","moans","whines","laments","blubbers")], <span class='message'>\"[message]\"</span>", src)

/mob/proc/say_understands(var/mob/other,var/datum/language/speaking = null)

	if (src.stat == 2)		//Dead
		return 1

	//Universal speak makes everything understandable, for obvious reasons.
	else if(src.universal_speak || src.universal_understand)
		return 1

	//Languages are handled after.
	if (!speaking)
		if(!other)
			return 1
		if(other.universal_speak)
			return 1
		if(isAI(src) && ispAI(other))
			return 1
		if (istype(other, src.type) || istype(src, other.type))
			return 1
		return 0

	if(speaking.flags & INNATE)
		return 1

	//Language check.
	for(var/datum/language/L in src.languages)
		if(speaking.name == L.name)
			return 1

	return 0

/*
   ***Deprecated***
   let this be handled at the hear_say or hear_radio proc
   This is left in for robot speaking when humans gain binary channel access until I get around to rewriting
   robot_talk() proc.
   There is no language handling build into it however there is at the /mob level so we accept the call
   for it but just ignore it.
*/

/mob/proc/say_quote(var/message, var/datum/language/speaking = null)
        var/verb = "says"
        var/ending = copytext(message, length(message))
        if(ending=="!")
                verb=pick("exclaims","shouts","yells")
        else if(ending=="?")
                verb="asks"

        return verb


/mob/proc/emote(var/act, var/type, var/message)
	if(act == "me")
		return custom_emote(type, message)

/mob/proc/get_ear()
	// returns an atom representing a location on the map from which this
	// mob can hear things

	// should be overloaded for all mobs whose "ear" is separate from their "mob"

	return get_turf(src)

/mob/proc/say_test(var/text)
	var/ending = copytext(text, length(text))
	if (ending == "?")
		return "1"
	else if (ending == "!")
		return "2"
	return "0"

//parses the message mode code (e.g. :h, :w) from text, such as that supplied to say.
//returns the message mode string or null for no message mode.
//standard mode is the mode returned for the special ';' radio code.
/mob/proc/parse_message_mode(var/message, var/standard_mode="headset")
	if(length(message) >= 1 && copytext(message,1,2) == ";")
		return standard_mode

	if(length(message) >= 2)
		var/channel_prefix = copytext(message, 1 ,3)
		return department_radio_keys[channel_prefix]

	return null

//parses the language code (e.g. :j) from text, such as that supplied to say.
//returns the language object only if the code corresponds to a language that src can speak, otherwise null.
/mob/proc/parse_language(var/message)
	if(length(message) >= 1 && copytext(message,1,2) == "!")
		return all_languages["Noise"]

	if(length(message) >= 2)
		var/language_prefix = lowertext(copytext(message, 1 ,3))
		var/datum/language/L = language_keys[language_prefix]
		if (can_speak(L))
			return L

	return null