CMD+S registering as "CMD+C" system wide?

Hi all, I'm looking for help in tracking down the source of an error in keyboard commands I'm having.
System-wide, "CMD+S" is registering an input of "CMD+C".
Pressing "s" alone, behaves as intended.
Pressing "shift+s" behaves as intended.
Pressing "cmdshifts" behaves as intended.
Pressing "c" alone, behaves as intended.
Pressing "shift+c" behaves as intended.
Pressing "cmd+c" behaves as intended.
However, for some reason.. when I use cmd+s, the system sees a cmd+c input.
I've checked the bind settings in the system preferences, all is well there.. and I've determined that this problem is independent of which keyboard I use (MBP keyboard and USB keyboard both suffer).
What could be causing this? Any help appreciated.

For future reference, anyone realizing this problem should check their Speech settings, in the preferences pane.
Next, go to the "Text to Speech" menu
Is "Speak selected text when keys are pressed" checked? Then chances are the keys you have bound to this feature are Command + S.
For some reason, when Command + S is bound to the text-to-speech, the rest of your system registers a CMD+C, even the keyboard viewer.
How this feature manages to break keyboard behavior around the rest of the OS is curious, but anyway.. there's the prime suspect for this issue (along with the other techniques mentioned earlier in this thread).

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