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A modern ideogram used in comic strips and advertising. The sign is drawn around words written within it. The sign symbolizes that the words are spoken in a non-normal way. It is drawn next to a person's mouth or a loudspeaker and symbolizes human speech heard through an electronic medium such as a telephone or radio, or speech uttered under extreme circumstances such as anger, fear or irritation.
Compare with  , the sign for normal speech, and  for thoughts.
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