From the NannyMUD documentation

LAST CHANGE

2000-12-11

FUNCTION

NAME
        tell_room - Tell something to everyone present in an object.


SYNTAX
	void tell_room(object ob, string str [, object *avoid ])

DESCRIPTION
	Send the message 'str' to all objects in 'ob'.

	The optional third argument 'avoid' is an array of objects
	not to hear 'str'.


SEE ALSO
        write in efun/object_related/write


SEE ALSO
        shout in efun/object_related/shout


SEE ALSO
        say in sfun/say


SEE ALSO
        tell_object in efun/object_related/tell_object