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* ''Series/{{Cheers}}:'' In "Diane's Allergy", Diane starts developing a severe (psychosomatic) allergic reaction to Frasier's dog, one of the symptoms is her voice becoming stuffy and nasal. Norm's a bit alarmed that he finds it kind of sexy.
-->'''Diane:''' ''(bunged up)'' Well, Sam, aren't you going to gloat?
-->'''Sam:''' ''(mimicking her)'' I'd like to think I'm above that, Diane.
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* ''Series/{{Cheers}}:'' In "Diane's Allergy", Diane starts developing a severe (psychosomatic) allergic reaction to Frasier's dog, one of the symptoms is her voice becoming stuffy and nasal. Norm's a bit alarmed that he finds it kind of sexy.
-->'''Diane:''' ''(bunged up)'' Well, Sam, aren't you going to gloat?
-->'''Sam:''' ''(mimicking her)'' I'd like to think I'm above that, Diane.
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* In "Fanfic/IntergalacticIllness", When Lala has a cold, she pronounces some words strangely, she says “bornig” instead of “morning” and “doze” instead of “nose”. Prunce even points out her weird way of talking.
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** While he can't talk out loud, Garfield once caught a cold that left him ''thinking'' in congestion speak. Lampshaded in one strip where he notes, "I can hardly ebben understad by own thoughts," while looking directly up at the thought bubble over his head.
** In one strip, Garfield lampshades this trope when he comes down with a cold. He [[MediumAwareness points at his thought balloon]] and comments, "Loog, eben my thoughts are stuffed ub." Later, when Jon thinks Garfield gave him his cold, he pronounces it as "He gabe me a code".
** In one strip, Garfield lampshades this trope when he comes down with a cold. He [[MediumAwareness points at his thought balloon]] and comments, "Loog, eben my thoughts are stuffed ub." Later, when Jon thinks Garfield gave him his cold, he pronounces it as "He gabe me a code".
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-->"Very fuddy! Veeeery fuddy!" the little shepherd said with a peevish sneer. "Dod’t bake fud of be, or I’ll… I’ll… ahh-ahh-ahh-CHOO!... I’ll sdeeze all over you! That’ll show you!"
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-->"Very fuddy! Veeeery fuddy!" the little shepherd said with a peevish sneer. "Dod’t "Dod't bake fud of be, or I’ll… I’ll… I'll… I'll… ahh-ahh-ahh-CHOO!... I’ll I'll sdeeze all over you! That’ll That'll show you!"
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* In ''Hello, Literature/MrsPiggleWiggle'', Melody Foxglove, the "crybaby" in the chapter "The Crybaby Cure," talks this way because her constant crying makes her stuffed up.
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* ''Podcast/BinaryBreak'': When Penny lands in the Digital World, he's in the middle of a field of flowers that immediately start gushing pollen and make him congested.
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* ''Podcast/BinaryBreak'': When Penny lands in the Digital World, he's in the middle of a field of flowers that immediately start gushing pollen and make him congested.
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* There's a folk song written in 1929 called "I Got a Code in My Doze" (congestion speak for "cold in my nose").
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* There's a folk song written in 1929 called "I Got a Code in My Doze" (congestion speak for "cold in my nose").nose") is a novelty song written in 1929 by Arthur Fields, Fred Hall, and Billy Rose.
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** ''Fanfic/KedaborysElmoreChronicles'': In the November 15th installment of "The Voicemails", Steve talks like this while in bed with a flu.
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FragileHandleWithCare'', Tae-young speaks like this in the second chapter while he has a cold. [[spoiler:At the end of the fic, Jesse is also shown speaking like this now that ''he'' has a cold.]]
* During a flashback in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HoldMe'', a young Aran Ryan speaks like this (ex. calling his mother "Bubby" instead of "Mummy") after having to walk home on a bitter winter afternoon.
* ''Fanfic/TheOctonautsAndTheVaquitas'': Towards the end of the story, Shellington, who has a cold, pronounces several words funny, such as pronouncing "fine" as "fide", "marine" as "baride", "form" as "forb", and "California" as "Califordia".
* During a flashback in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HoldMe'', a young Aran Ryan speaks like this (ex. calling his mother "Bubby" instead of "Mummy") after having to walk home on a bitter winter afternoon.
* ''Fanfic/TheOctonautsAndTheVaquitas'': Towards the end of the story, Shellington, who has a cold, pronounces several words funny, such as pronouncing "fine" as "fide", "marine" as "baride", "form" as "forb", and "California" as "Califordia".
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* Fanfic/TheKedaboryVerse:
** In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FragileHandleWithCare'', Tae-young speaks like this in the second chapter while he has a cold. [[spoiler:At the end of the fic, Jesse is also shown speaking like this now that ''he'' has a cold.]]
* ** During a flashback in the ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' fanfic ''Fanfic/HoldMe'', a young Aran Ryan speaks like this (ex. calling his mother "Bubby" instead of "Mummy") after having to walk home on a bitter winter afternoon.
* ** ''Fanfic/TheOctonautsAndTheVaquitas'': Towards the end of the story, Shellington, who has a cold, pronounces several words funny, such as pronouncing "fine" as "fide", "marine" as "baride", "form" as "forb", and "California" as "Califordia".
** In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FragileHandleWithCare'', Tae-young speaks like this in the second chapter while he has a cold. [[spoiler:At the end of the fic, Jesse is also shown speaking like this now that ''he'' has a cold.]]
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** In Chapter 23 of ''Fanfic/TwinklingInTheDark'', [[Anime/SmilePrecure Joker]] is stuck speaking like this due to his several nasal congestion ("I'm not crying" becomes "I'b dot cryig"). He stops at the end when it clears up.
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot:'' This has been used as a gag a couple times, both involving Andy. One time, she was suffering a bad case of hay fever, and another time she had a cold. In both cases, the joke was that Roger couldn't understand what Andy was saying due to her congestion, only to say what she was trying to say the whole time in the last panel.
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** When Hobbes catches hayfever, his sneezing [[SneezeOfDoom alerts Calvin]] whenever he tries to sneak up on him. When he complains, his voice is muddled from his congestion, depicted through the misspelled words.
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** When Hobbes catches hayfever, his sneezing [[SneezeOfDoom [[IllTimedSneeze alerts Calvin]] whenever he tries to sneak up on him. When he complains, his voice is muddled from his congestion, depicted through the misspelled words.
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* On Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, the "unabridged version" gag from Laconic.WorkingThroughTheCold reads "Do you thick a bere *cough* illdess is goig to *sniff* stop be frob visitig the udabridged versiod?! ACHOO!".
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* On Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, Website/ThisVeryWiki, the "unabridged version" gag from Laconic.WorkingThroughTheCold reads "Do you thick a bere *cough* illdess is goig to *sniff* stop be frob visitig the udabridged versiod?! ACHOO!".
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* On Muppet Wiki, the wiki for shows such as ''Series/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_3802 page]] for a ''Sesame Street'' episode summarises one skit as "I hab a cauld ib by dose".
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* On Muppet Wiki, the wiki for shows such as ''Series/TheMuppets'' ''Series/TheMuppets2015'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_3802 page]] for a ''Sesame Street'' episode summarises one skit as "I hab a cauld ib by dose".
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* In the ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' fanfic ''Fanfic/FragileHandleWithCare'', Tae-young speaks like this in the second chapter while he has a cold. [[spoiler:At the end of the fic, Jesse is also shown speaking like this now that ''he'' has a cold.]]
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* In ''Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-Up'', when the kids are holding their noses to avoid a bad smell, their dialogue is written as "I'be not breadig ad all" (I'm not breathing at all), "Neider ab I" (Neither am I) and "Dawseatig!" (Nauseating).
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* In ''Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-Up'', ''Literature/CharlieMoonAndTheBigBonanzaBustUp'', when the kids are holding their noses to avoid a bad smell, their dialogue is written as "I'be not breadig ad all" (I'm not breathing at all), "Neider ab I" (Neither am I) and "Dawseatig!" (Nauseating).
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* In ''How to Catch a Cold'', the narrator, once infected, addresses his mother as "Bom" instead of "Mom".
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* In ''How to Catch a Cold'', ''Literature/HowToCatchACold'', the narrator, once infected, addresses his mother as "Bom" instead of "Mom".
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* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'' co-creator and [[WebVideo/OneyPlays Oneyplays]] star Zach "Psychicpebbles" Hadel is known for this because he broke his nose at a young age, resulting in a severely deviated septum. [[{{Troll}} He never has the same explanation, however.]]
-->'''Arin Hanson:''' Why do you talk like that, Zach?\\
'''Zach Hadel:''' One day my mom and my dad got into a car accident.\\
'''Arin:''' Aw, really?\\
'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
-->'''Arin Hanson:''' Why do you talk like that, Zach?\\
'''Zach Hadel:''' One day my mom and my dad got into a car accident.\\
'''Arin:''' Aw, really?\\
'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': Charlie always sounds like he has a cold. It's worth noting that it's his voice actor (Zach Hadel)'s natural voice due to a severely deviated septum.
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* ''WesternAnimation/SmilingFriends'': Charlie always sounds like he has a cold. It's worth noting that it's his voice actor (Zach Hadel)'s natural voice due to a severely deviated septum.
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-->'''Cerebus:''' *''shouting out his bedroom window''* Weiddhaupd! Whad do ''you'' wand?
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' *''shouting from the rooftop across the square''* I want the ''gold'', aardvark! ''All'' of it!
-->'''Cerebus:''' Na golt?! You're ''duts''!
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' 'Nuts' am I? Look more closely, aardvark! I'm not alone up here! I have company! *''points to a row of cannons beside him''* I want the gold...and I want it ''now''!
-->'''Cerebus:''' [''to himself''] Uh-oh.
-->[[OnTheNext DEXD:]] [[LampshadeHanging na shid hids na fan *SNIFF*]]
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' *''shouting from the rooftop across the square''* I want the ''gold'', aardvark! ''All'' of it!
-->'''Cerebus:''' Na golt?! You're ''duts''!
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' 'Nuts' am I? Look more closely, aardvark! I'm not alone up here! I have company! *''points to a row of cannons beside him''* I want the gold...and I want it ''now''!
-->'''Cerebus:''' [''to himself''] Uh-oh.
-->[[OnTheNext DEXD:]] [[LampshadeHanging na shid hids na fan *SNIFF*]]
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-->'''Cerebus:''' *''shouting ''[shouting out his bedroom window''* window]'' Weiddhaupd! Whad do ''you'' wand?
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' *''shoutingwand?\\
'''Weisshaupt:''' ''[shouting from the rooftop across thesquare''* square]'' I want the ''gold'', aardvark! ''All'' of it!
-->'''Cerebus:'''it!\\
'''Cerebus:''' Na golt?! You're''duts''!
-->'''Weisshaupt:'''''duts''!\\
'''Weisshaupt:''' 'Nuts' am I? Look more closely, aardvark! I'm not alone up here! I have company!*''points ''[points to a row of cannons beside him''* him]'' I want the gold...and I want it ''now''!
-->'''Cerebus:''' [''to himself''] Uh-oh.
-->[[OnTheNext''now''!\\
'''Cerebus:''' ''[to himself]'' Uh-oh.\\
[[OnTheNext DEXD:]] [[LampshadeHanging na shid hids na fan *SNIFF*]]
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' *''shouting
'''Weisshaupt:''' ''[shouting from the rooftop across the
-->'''Cerebus:'''
'''Cerebus:''' Na golt?! You're
-->'''Weisshaupt:'''
'''Weisshaupt:''' 'Nuts' am I? Look more closely, aardvark! I'm not alone up here! I have company!
-->'''Cerebus:''' [''to himself''] Uh-oh.
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'''Cerebus:''' ''[to himself]'' Uh-oh.\\
[[OnTheNext DEXD:]] [[LampshadeHanging na shid hids na fan *SNIFF*]]
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-->"Q: How is someone with a stuffy nose like a cryptographer?"
-->"A: They both have a code in the head."
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* ''Literature/FamousFive'': In "Five run away Together", Julian pulls Edgar's nose. He says, "Led go! Led go! You're hurding me! Let go by dose!"
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-->'''Marten:''' ''[snrk]'' Sorry, sorry, it's really hard to have a serious conversation when you're all stuffy-sounding.
-->'''Faye:''' I do lag a cerdain grabitas ad the mobent.
-->'''Faye:''' I do lag a cerdain grabitas ad the mobent.
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-->'''Marten:''' ''[snrk]'' Sorry, sorry, it's really hard to have a serious conversation when you're all stuffy-sounding.
-->'''Faye:'''stuffy-sounding.\\
'''Faye:''' I do lag a cerdain grabitas ad themobent. mobent.
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'''Faye:''' I do lag a cerdain grabitas ad the
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->'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
->'''Zach Hadel:''' One day my mom and my dad got into a car accident.
->'''Arin:''' Aw, really?
->'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
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'''Zach Hadel:''' One day my mom and my dad got into a car
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'''Arin:''' Aw,
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'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
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->'''Arin Hanson:''' Why do you talk like that, Zach?
->'''Zach Hadel:''' One day my mom and my dad got into a car accident.
->'''Arin:''' Aw, really?
->'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
->'''Arin Hanson:''' Why do you talk like that, Zach?
->'''Zach Hadel:''' One day my mom and my dad got into a car accident.
->'''Arin:''' Aw, really?
->'''Zach:''' [[{{LittleNo}} No.]]
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* ''Fanfic/TheBoltChronicles'': In "The Mall," Bolt joins Rhino in searching the title venue for the lost Mittens, but his sense of smell is hampered by a bad cold. It makes him speak funny, enough so that Rhino compares the dog's speech to [[ElmuhFuddSyndwome "a bizarro world version of Elmer Fudd."]]
-->"Very fuddy! Veeeery fuddy!" the little shepherd said with a peevish sneer. "Dod’t bake fud of be, or I’ll… I’ll… ahh-ahh-ahh-CHOO!... I’ll sdeeze all over you! That’ll show you!"
-->"Very fuddy! Veeeery fuddy!" the little shepherd said with a peevish sneer. "Dod’t bake fud of be, or I’ll… I’ll… ahh-ahh-ahh-CHOO!... I’ll sdeeze all over you! That’ll show you!"
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* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', the student revolutionary Joly has a cold on the day of the barricades and talks this way. For example, "It is decidedly abberent that Barius is in lub." ("It is decidedly apparent that Marius is in love.")
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->''"I don't feel berry good. I thing I'm coming down with a coad."''
-->-- '''Lizzie Bruin''' and '''Papa Bear''', ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', "Come Clean for School"
Being congested is a pain in the butt-- you have trouble breathing through your nose, your sinuses hurt (and if it's caused by [[NasalTrauma a nosebleed]], that whole area hurts), and your voice can even sound different due to the blocked airway. In written fiction, this voice change is often showcased via changing certain consonants, perhaps to the point of rendering the victim TheUnintelligible. Common ones include:
* "B" changed to "V" or vice-versa
* "C" or "K" changed to "G" or vice-versa
* "M" or "P" changed to "B"
* "N" changed to "B" or "D" (or omitting the "N" entirely if it's just before a "D")
* "T" or "Z" changed to "D" (or "D" to "T")
* "-ing" changed to "-ig"
Sometimes, this is invoked by holding one's nose to disguise one's voice. If PlayedForLaughs, it might lead to a WhosOnFirst type misunderstanding or AccidentalMisnaming if they can't pronounce someone's name.
If done well, this can be an effective way to [[RuleOfPerception demonstrate]] that a character has a stuffy nose, but if done badly, it can make the dialogue hard to read, especially if the resulting spelling [[RougeAnglesOfSatin becomes a word in its own right]] (such as "cold" to "code").
Compare FunetikAksent, BabyTalk, ElmuhFuddSyndwome, SpeechImpediment, PorkyPigPronunciation, {{Sssssnaketalk}}, SpeechImpairedAnimal, AnimalSpeciesAccent, VerbalTic, VampireVords, ElectronicSpeechImpediment, TrrrillingRrrs, and FangThpeak. Can happen alongside SickEpisode and its subtropes, NerdyNasalness, or PlotAllergy.
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* In an issue of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Archie somehow catches a cold [[HereWeGoAgain after spending the storyline curing Veronica of hers]]. As she walks by Archie's window, his final line is:
-->Hey, thad souds like Verodiga.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
** In "Asterix in Switzerland", when Obelix believes that he's [[CatchYourDeathOfCold caught a cold from a lake]], his speech bubble spells "from" as "frob".
** In one comic, Obelix has hayfever and asks for "bagic" (magic) potion.
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'': In issue 68, Cerebus catches a cold and becomes horribly stopped up, which messes with everything he says. The issue ends with this confrontation between him and his rival Adam Weisshaupt:
-->'''Cerebus:''' *''shouting out his bedroom window''* Weiddhaupd! Whad do ''you'' wand?
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' *''shouting from the rooftop across the square''* I want the ''gold'', aardvark! ''All'' of it!
-->'''Cerebus:''' Na golt?! You're ''duts''!
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' 'Nuts' am I? Look more closely, aardvark! I'm not alone up here! I have company! *''points to a row of cannons beside him''* I want the gold...and I want it ''now''!
-->'''Cerebus:''' [''to himself''] Uh-oh.
-->[[OnTheNext DEXD:]] [[LampshadeHanging na shid hids na fan *SNIFF*]]
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* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes:''
** In one story arc, Calvin's pressured into playing baseball at school. His dad offers to practice with him at home, and reassures Calvin that [[MiseryBuildsCharacter playing baseball "builds character"]]. Within minutes, Calvin [[NasalTrauma gets bopped in the face by a ball]], leaving him with a bloody nose, a funny voice, and the desire to never play baseball again.
--->'''Calvin:''' All by charagder id drippig out by node!
** When Hobbes catches hayfever, his sneezing [[SneezeOfDoom alerts Calvin]] whenever he tries to sneak up on him. When he complains, his voice is muddled from his congestion, depicted through the misspelled words.
--->'''Hobbes:''' You thig id's fuddy, bud id's dot.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
** While he can't talk out loud, Garfield once caught a cold that left him ''thinking'' in congestion speak. Lampshaded in one strip where he notes, "I can hardly ebben understad by own thoughts," while looking directly up at the thought bubble over his head.
** In one strip, Garfield lampshades this trope when he comes down with a cold. He [[MediumAwareness points at his thought balloon]] and comments, "Loog, eben my thoughts are stuffed ub." Later, when Jon thinks Garfield gave him his cold, he pronounces it as "He gabe me a code".
* ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'': In one strip, Bernice has a congested-sounding voice when she says to Luann, "Your bom sed you're doi'g an ard projeck."[[note]]"Your mom said you're doing an art project."[[/note]] She claims that it's because she met her new roommate Dez, or as she puts it, "I bet my boombate, Dez."
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* ''Fanfic/TheOctonautsAndTheVaquitas'': Towards the end of the story, Shellington, who has a cold, pronounces several words funny, such as pronouncing "fine" as "fide", "marine" as "baride", "form" as "forb", and "California" as "Califordia".
-->'''Kwazii''': Ye still sound like death, though.
* In the ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10865433/1/Wherever-You-Are Wherever You Are]]'', Hobbes was apparently so-named because Calvin tried to name him Hops, only it came out wrong because he had a stuffy nose.
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* This joke:
-->"Q: How is someone with a stuffy nose like a cryptographer?"
-->"A: They both have a code in the head."
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* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In "The Berenstain Bears Come Clean for School", Lizzie Bruin and later Papa Bear say, "I don't feel berry good; I thing I'm coming down with a coad".
* In ''Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-Up'', when the kids are holding their noses to avoid a bad smell, their dialogue is written as "I'be not breadig ad all" (I'm not breathing at all), "Neider ab I" (Neither am I) and "Dawseatig!" (Nauseating).
* The picture book ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Cow-Said-BOO-Lana-Button/dp/1772782165 The Cow Said BOO!]]'' features a cow who has caught a bad cold and whose "Moo!" keeps coming out as "Boo!" instead. This creates quite a panic around the farm when the cow accidentally gets tangled in a bedsheet on a clothesline and keeps saying "Boo!" because the other animals believe the cow to be a BedsheetGhost. Later, however, it [[ExploitedTrope turns out to their advantage]] when the cow scares off a wolf.
* ''Dr. Pompo's Nose'': Dr. Pompo and [[PumpkinPerson the other living pumpkins]] find a "nose" (read: a stem). One of them, Ms. Sniffen (who [[TheNoseless has misplaced her own "nose"]]) has a congested voice; for example, she pronounces "heavens" like "hebbens" and "suppose" like "subboze". She still speaks this way even after Dr. Pompo puts her nose back on.
* ''Literature/FamousFive'': In "Five run away Together", Julian pulls Edgar's nose. He says, "Led go! Led go! You're hurding me! Let go by dose!"
* In ''The Flea's Sneeze'', when the flea has a runny nose, he says, "Does eddybody (anybody) hab (have) a tissue for be (me)?". Later, when the hog also has a runny nose, he says, "I think I'm godda (gonna) sneeze!".
* ''Literature/FreakyFriday'': Boris has serious congestion issues, which ends up surprising Annabel when he delivers a beet loaf rather than the meatloaf she thought he promised. Also, only at the end of the book does Annabel, who has known Boris for several years, [[AccidentalMisnaming learn his name is actually]] ''Morris''. The reader does not learn this until the end either, as the words are written as Annabel interprets them.
* ''Literature/GumpaAndThePaintBox'': After being washed in a stream, Little Mutt says, "Atishoo! I think I hab caught a code from being washed so buch in the streab yesterday."
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': In the final battle at the ministry, Neville gets punched hard by a death eater and obtains a bloody nose, giving him dialogue like "He's dot alone! He's still god be!" and also rendering him incapable of performing spells as a byproduct.
* In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', at one point it's noted that when Bilbo has a cold, all he can say is, "Thag you very buch".
* In ''How to Catch a Cold'', the narrator, once infected, addresses his mother as "Bom" instead of "Mom".
* ''Literature/MrMen'':
** In "Mr. Dizzy", this trope is discussed when Mr. Dizzy ([[DumbassNoMore who has become smarter]]) asks an elephant what's large and gray and says, "Dopit! Dopit!" When the elephant claims that no animal says that, Mr. Dizzy ties his trunk in a knot. The elephant then tries to yell, "Stop it!", only to say, "Dop it! Dop it!".
** When Mr. Mischief seizes a sleeping wizard's wand in "Mr. Mischief", the wizard seizes Mr. Mischief's nose, who replies "Led go ob my node!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'': In the book "Baby Gonzo Has a Cold", Gonzo [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin catches a cold]]. When he's informing Nanny that he has a stuffy nose, he pronounces "nose" like "dose".
* In ''Literature/TheQueensBracelet'', a gribbler who's about to sneeze pronounces "up my nose" as "up by dose".
* ''The Rover Adventures'': In "The Giggler Treatment", a ball [[NasalTrauma bounces off of Robbie's nose]] and he exclaims, "[[OwMyBodyPart Ow, me doze!]]"
* In ''Tommy Catches a Cold'', a book based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', when Tommy gets a cold, he mentions that he caught it at the "playgrowd". He also pronounces "let" as "led" and "it" as "id", and the boy he's implied to have caught it from pronounces "Hey, that's mine!" as "Hey, dat's mide!".
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[[folder:Music]]
* There's a folk song written in 1929 called "I Got a Code in My Doze" (congestion speak for "cold in my nose").
* One Gayla Peevey song is called "Got a Cold in the Node For Christmas".
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[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'': In one strip, Rowan has a stuffy nose, but says that he has a "duffy node".
* ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'': In [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/track-1019 "Track 10-19"]] Due to TearsOfJoy and snot:
-->'''Steffi:''' '''''Dank Goodneshhh.'''''
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Played for {{Bathos}} when Faye deals with TheILoveYouStigma by getting drunk, is accidentally punched in the face, and has to [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2044 stanch a nosebleed]] while she talks things out.
-->'''Marten:''' ''[snrk]'' Sorry, sorry, it's really hard to have a serious conversation when you're all stuffy-sounding.
-->'''Faye:''' I do lag a cerdain grabitas ad the mobent.
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[[folder:Web Original]]
* On Muppet Wiki, the wiki for shows such as ''Series/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_3802 page]] for a ''Sesame Street'' episode summarises one skit as "I hab a cauld ib by dose".
* On Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, the "unabridged version" gag from Laconic.WorkingThroughTheCold reads "Do you thick a bere *cough* illdess is goig to *sniff* stop be frob visitig the udabridged versiod?! ACHOO!".
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->''"I don't feel berry good. I thing I'm coming down with a coad."''
-->-- '''Lizzie Bruin''' and '''Papa Bear''', ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'', "Come Clean for School"
Being congested is a pain in the butt-- you have trouble breathing through your nose, your sinuses hurt (and if it's caused by [[NasalTrauma a nosebleed]], that whole area hurts), and your voice can even sound different due to the blocked airway. In written fiction, this voice change is often showcased via changing certain consonants, perhaps to the point of rendering the victim TheUnintelligible. Common ones include:
* "B" changed to "V" or vice-versa
* "C" or "K" changed to "G" or vice-versa
* "M" or "P" changed to "B"
* "N" changed to "B" or "D" (or omitting the "N" entirely if it's just before a "D")
* "T" or "Z" changed to "D" (or "D" to "T")
* "-ing" changed to "-ig"
Sometimes, this is invoked by holding one's nose to disguise one's voice. If PlayedForLaughs, it might lead to a WhosOnFirst type misunderstanding or AccidentalMisnaming if they can't pronounce someone's name.
If done well, this can be an effective way to [[RuleOfPerception demonstrate]] that a character has a stuffy nose, but if done badly, it can make the dialogue hard to read, especially if the resulting spelling [[RougeAnglesOfSatin becomes a word in its own right]] (such as "cold" to "code").
Compare FunetikAksent, BabyTalk, ElmuhFuddSyndwome, SpeechImpediment, PorkyPigPronunciation, {{Sssssnaketalk}}, SpeechImpairedAnimal, AnimalSpeciesAccent, VerbalTic, VampireVords, ElectronicSpeechImpediment, TrrrillingRrrs, and FangThpeak. Can happen alongside SickEpisode and its subtropes, NerdyNasalness, or PlotAllergy.
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!!Examples
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[[folder:Comic Books]]
* In an issue of ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'', Archie somehow catches a cold [[HereWeGoAgain after spending the storyline curing Veronica of hers]]. As she walks by Archie's window, his final line is:
-->Hey, thad souds like Verodiga.
* ''ComicBook/{{Asterix}}'':
** In "Asterix in Switzerland", when Obelix believes that he's [[CatchYourDeathOfCold caught a cold from a lake]], his speech bubble spells "from" as "frob".
** In one comic, Obelix has hayfever and asks for "bagic" (magic) potion.
* ''ComicBook/CerebusTheAardvark'': In issue 68, Cerebus catches a cold and becomes horribly stopped up, which messes with everything he says. The issue ends with this confrontation between him and his rival Adam Weisshaupt:
-->'''Cerebus:''' *''shouting out his bedroom window''* Weiddhaupd! Whad do ''you'' wand?
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' *''shouting from the rooftop across the square''* I want the ''gold'', aardvark! ''All'' of it!
-->'''Cerebus:''' Na golt?! You're ''duts''!
-->'''Weisshaupt:''' 'Nuts' am I? Look more closely, aardvark! I'm not alone up here! I have company! *''points to a row of cannons beside him''* I want the gold...and I want it ''now''!
-->'''Cerebus:''' [''to himself''] Uh-oh.
-->[[OnTheNext DEXD:]] [[LampshadeHanging na shid hids na fan *SNIFF*]]
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[[folder:Comic Strips]]
* ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes:''
** In one story arc, Calvin's pressured into playing baseball at school. His dad offers to practice with him at home, and reassures Calvin that [[MiseryBuildsCharacter playing baseball "builds character"]]. Within minutes, Calvin [[NasalTrauma gets bopped in the face by a ball]], leaving him with a bloody nose, a funny voice, and the desire to never play baseball again.
--->'''Calvin:''' All by charagder id drippig out by node!
** When Hobbes catches hayfever, his sneezing [[SneezeOfDoom alerts Calvin]] whenever he tries to sneak up on him. When he complains, his voice is muddled from his congestion, depicted through the misspelled words.
--->'''Hobbes:''' You thig id's fuddy, bud id's dot.
* ''ComicStrip/{{Garfield}}'':
** While he can't talk out loud, Garfield once caught a cold that left him ''thinking'' in congestion speak. Lampshaded in one strip where he notes, "I can hardly ebben understad by own thoughts," while looking directly up at the thought bubble over his head.
** In one strip, Garfield lampshades this trope when he comes down with a cold. He [[MediumAwareness points at his thought balloon]] and comments, "Loog, eben my thoughts are stuffed ub." Later, when Jon thinks Garfield gave him his cold, he pronounces it as "He gabe me a code".
* ''ComicStrip/{{Luann}}'': In one strip, Bernice has a congested-sounding voice when she says to Luann, "Your bom sed you're doi'g an ard projeck."[[note]]"Your mom said you're doing an art project."[[/note]] She claims that it's because she met her new roommate Dez, or as she puts it, "I bet my boombate, Dez."
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[[folder:Fan Works]]
* ''Fanfic/TheOctonautsAndTheVaquitas'': Towards the end of the story, Shellington, who has a cold, pronounces several words funny, such as pronouncing "fine" as "fide", "marine" as "baride", "form" as "forb", and "California" as "Califordia".
-->'''Kwazii''': Ye still sound like death, though.
* In the ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10865433/1/Wherever-You-Are Wherever You Are]]'', Hobbes was apparently so-named because Calvin tried to name him Hops, only it came out wrong because he had a stuffy nose.
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[[folder:Jokes]]
* This joke:
-->"Q: How is someone with a stuffy nose like a cryptographer?"
-->"A: They both have a code in the head."
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[[folder:Literature]]
* ''Literature/TheBerenstainBears'': In "The Berenstain Bears Come Clean for School", Lizzie Bruin and later Papa Bear say, "I don't feel berry good; I thing I'm coming down with a coad".
* In ''Charlie Moon and the Big Bonanza Bust-Up'', when the kids are holding their noses to avoid a bad smell, their dialogue is written as "I'be not breadig ad all" (I'm not breathing at all), "Neider ab I" (Neither am I) and "Dawseatig!" (Nauseating).
* The picture book ''[[https://www.amazon.com/Cow-Said-BOO-Lana-Button/dp/1772782165 The Cow Said BOO!]]'' features a cow who has caught a bad cold and whose "Moo!" keeps coming out as "Boo!" instead. This creates quite a panic around the farm when the cow accidentally gets tangled in a bedsheet on a clothesline and keeps saying "Boo!" because the other animals believe the cow to be a BedsheetGhost. Later, however, it [[ExploitedTrope turns out to their advantage]] when the cow scares off a wolf.
* ''Dr. Pompo's Nose'': Dr. Pompo and [[PumpkinPerson the other living pumpkins]] find a "nose" (read: a stem). One of them, Ms. Sniffen (who [[TheNoseless has misplaced her own "nose"]]) has a congested voice; for example, she pronounces "heavens" like "hebbens" and "suppose" like "subboze". She still speaks this way even after Dr. Pompo puts her nose back on.
* ''Literature/FamousFive'': In "Five run away Together", Julian pulls Edgar's nose. He says, "Led go! Led go! You're hurding me! Let go by dose!"
* In ''The Flea's Sneeze'', when the flea has a runny nose, he says, "Does eddybody (anybody) hab (have) a tissue for be (me)?". Later, when the hog also has a runny nose, he says, "I think I'm godda (gonna) sneeze!".
* ''Literature/FreakyFriday'': Boris has serious congestion issues, which ends up surprising Annabel when he delivers a beet loaf rather than the meatloaf she thought he promised. Also, only at the end of the book does Annabel, who has known Boris for several years, [[AccidentalMisnaming learn his name is actually]] ''Morris''. The reader does not learn this until the end either, as the words are written as Annabel interprets them.
* ''Literature/GumpaAndThePaintBox'': After being washed in a stream, Little Mutt says, "Atishoo! I think I hab caught a code from being washed so buch in the streab yesterday."
* ''Literature/HarryPotterAndTheOrderOfThePhoenix'': In the final battle at the ministry, Neville gets punched hard by a death eater and obtains a bloody nose, giving him dialogue like "He's dot alone! He's still god be!" and also rendering him incapable of performing spells as a byproduct.
* In ''Literature/TheHobbit'', at one point it's noted that when Bilbo has a cold, all he can say is, "Thag you very buch".
* In ''How to Catch a Cold'', the narrator, once infected, addresses his mother as "Bom" instead of "Mom".
* ''Literature/MrMen'':
** In "Mr. Dizzy", this trope is discussed when Mr. Dizzy ([[DumbassNoMore who has become smarter]]) asks an elephant what's large and gray and says, "Dopit! Dopit!" When the elephant claims that no animal says that, Mr. Dizzy ties his trunk in a knot. The elephant then tries to yell, "Stop it!", only to say, "Dop it! Dop it!".
** When Mr. Mischief seizes a sleeping wizard's wand in "Mr. Mischief", the wizard seizes Mr. Mischief's nose, who replies "Led go ob my node!"
* ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies1984'': In the book "Baby Gonzo Has a Cold", Gonzo [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin catches a cold]]. When he's informing Nanny that he has a stuffy nose, he pronounces "nose" like "dose".
* In ''Literature/TheQueensBracelet'', a gribbler who's about to sneeze pronounces "up my nose" as "up by dose".
* ''The Rover Adventures'': In "The Giggler Treatment", a ball [[NasalTrauma bounces off of Robbie's nose]] and he exclaims, "[[OwMyBodyPart Ow, me doze!]]"
* In ''Tommy Catches a Cold'', a book based on ''WesternAnimation/{{Rugrats}}'', when Tommy gets a cold, he mentions that he caught it at the "playgrowd". He also pronounces "let" as "led" and "it" as "id", and the boy he's implied to have caught it from pronounces "Hey, that's mine!" as "Hey, dat's mide!".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Music]]
* There's a folk song written in 1929 called "I Got a Code in My Doze" (congestion speak for "cold in my nose").
* One Gayla Peevey song is called "Got a Cold in the Node For Christmas".
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Webcomics]]
* ''Webcomic/BoyAndDog'': In one strip, Rowan has a stuffy nose, but says that he has a "duffy node".
* ''Webcomic/KiwiBlitz'': In [[https://www.kiwiblitz.com/comic/track-1019 "Track 10-19"]] Due to TearsOfJoy and snot:
-->'''Steffi:''' '''''Dank Goodneshhh.'''''
* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'': Played for {{Bathos}} when Faye deals with TheILoveYouStigma by getting drunk, is accidentally punched in the face, and has to [[https://questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=2044 stanch a nosebleed]] while she talks things out.
-->'''Marten:''' ''[snrk]'' Sorry, sorry, it's really hard to have a serious conversation when you're all stuffy-sounding.
-->'''Faye:''' I do lag a cerdain grabitas ad the mobent.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Web Original]]
* On Muppet Wiki, the wiki for shows such as ''Series/TheMuppets'' and ''Series/SesameStreet'', the [[https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_3802 page]] for a ''Sesame Street'' episode summarises one skit as "I hab a cauld ib by dose".
* On Wiki/ThisVeryWiki, the "unabridged version" gag from Laconic.WorkingThroughTheCold reads "Do you thick a bere *cough* illdess is goig to *sniff* stop be frob visitig the udabridged versiod?! ACHOO!".
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