How can I make a person sound sick?
How do you distort words into sounding sick, as in with the cold? I want it to be a really comical scene, but I'm not sure how to write it. Do I replace some letters with others or remove certain consonants?
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Many children's books have scenes where a character talks with an obstructed nose (e.g. head in bucket). Usually what they do is a combination of:
- k, p, t => g, b, d
- n => ng/g
- m, v/f => b
This works well only if you restrict this to a sentence or two. Then it is funny. Otherwise it becomes tiresome to the reader.
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- Find a recording device.
- Press record.
- Hold your nose tightly.
- Speak your dialogue. Add coughing, wheezing, and other effects as appropriate.
- Press stop.
- Press play.
- Transcribe.
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