From 98a7332e23b97f5bceb76939242181ce3d04100d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothy Teakettle <59849408+timothyteakettle@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 21:02:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] is this really the root of the issue

---
 code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm b/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
index 146c33b70f..929b42f96d 100644
--- a/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
+++ b/code/modules/surgery/organs/tongue.dm
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 	var/taste_sensitivity = 15 // lower is more sensitive.
 	maxHealth = TONGUE_MAX_HEALTH
 	var/list/initial_accents //the ones the tongue starts with, not what it currently has
-	var/list/accents //done in order of priority (please always apply abductor accent and stuttering last)
+	var/list/accents = list() //done in order of priority (please always apply abductor accent and stuttering last)
 	var/static/list/languages_possible_base = typecacheof(list(
 		/datum/language/common,
 		/datum/language/draconic,