diff --git a/code/modules/mob/language/language.dm b/code/modules/mob/language/language.dm
index 5322a7ed50d..a69e08df581 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/language/language.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/language/language.dm
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 	var/flags = 0                    // Various language flags.
 	var/native                       // If set, non-native speakers will have trouble speaking.
 	var/list/syllables               // Used when scrambling text for a non-speaker.
-	var/list/space_chance = 55       // Likelihood of getting a space in the random scramble string.
+	var/list/space_chance = 55       // Likelihood of getting a space in the random scramble string
 
 /datum/language/proc/get_random_name(var/gender, name_count=2, syllable_count=4)
 	if(!syllables || !syllables.len)
@@ -112,9 +112,11 @@
 /mob/new_player/hear_broadcast()
 	return
 
-/mob/dead/hear_broadcast(var/datum/language/language, var/speaker, var/speaker_name, var/message)
-	var/msg = "<i><span class='game say'>[language.name], <span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span> ([ghost_follow_link(speaker, src)]) [message]</span></i>"
-	src << msg
+/mob/dead/observer/hear_broadcast(var/datum/language/language, var/mob/speaker, var/speaker_name, var/message)
+	if(speaker.name == speaker_name || antagHUD)
+		src << "<i><span class='game say'>[language.name], <span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span> ([ghost_follow_link(speaker, src)]) [message]</span></i>"
+	else
+		src << "<i><span class='game say'>[language.name], <span class='name'>[speaker_name]</span> [message]</span></i>"
 
 /datum/language/proc/check_special_condition(var/mob/other)
 	return 1