diff --git a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/presets.dm b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/presets.dm
index 4d018002861..b77682201af 100644
--- a/code/game/machinery/telecomms/presets.dm
+++ b/code/game/machinery/telecomms/presets.dm
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 	id = "Receiver B"
 	network = "tcommsat"
 	autolinkers = list("receiverB") // link to relay
-	freq_listening = list(COMM_FREQ, ENG_FREQ, SEC_FREQ) 
+	freq_listening = list(AI_FREQ, COMM_FREQ, ENG_FREQ, SEC_FREQ) 
 
 	//Common and other radio frequencies for people to freely use
 	New()
@@ -182,10 +182,10 @@
 	
 /obj/machinery/telecomms/server/presets/common
 	id = "Common Server"
-	freq_listening = list()
+	freq_listening = list(PUB_FREQ, AI_FREQ)
 	autolinkers = list("common")
 
-	//Common and other radio frequencies for people to freely use
+//Common and other radio frequencies for people to freely use
 /obj/machinery/telecomms/server/presets/common/New()
 	for(var/i = PUBLIC_LOW_FREQ, i < PUBLIC_HIGH_FREQ, i += 2)
 		freq_listening |= i
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/say.dm
index 9bfa1cc1298..96954d82d25 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/silicon/ai/say.dm
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-/mob/living/silicon/ai/say(var/message)
-	if(parent && istype(parent) && parent.stat != 2)
-		return parent.say(message)
-		//If there is a defined "parent" AI, it is actually an AI, and it is alive, anything the AI tries to say is said by the parent instead.
-	return ..(message)
-
 /mob/living/silicon/ai/proc/IsVocal()
 
 var/announcing_vox = 0 // Stores the time of the last announcement
diff --git a/code/modules/mob/say.dm b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
index b49812d63fb..ac0c4d10432 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/say.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/say.dm
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@
 //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) == "!")
+	var/prefix = copytext(message,1,2)
+	if(length(message) >= 1 && prefix == "!")
 		return all_languages["Noise"]
 
 	if(length(message) >= 2)
-
-		var/language_prefix = trim_right(lowertext(copytext(message, 1 ,4)))
+		var/language_prefix = lowertext(copytext(message, 1, 3))
 		var/datum/language/L = language_keys[language_prefix]
 		if (can_speak(L))
 			return L