Okay I've lifted this from
snopes, which I wouldn't usually do (enough people here read it). But the highlighted bit made me laugh out loud - hard. In the correct use of the word, it's so random.
Quote:
Claim: A Fisher-Price talking doll utters the phrases "Islam is the light" and "Satan is king."
Status: False.
[snip]
Other toys that speak have been the focus of similar misunderstandings. The 2006 talking book Potty Time with Elmo had some folks hearing its "Uh-oh! Who has to go?" phrase as "Uh-oh! Who wants to die?" — a negative toilet-training message if there ever was one.
In 1982 similar problems plagued "Baby Darling," a doll manufactured in Hong Kong. American consumers mistook its Spanish "Quiero a mami" (meaning "I want mommy" or "I love mommy") as "Kill mommy."
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Check out the link to the sound file at the bottom of the snopes page.
I can clearly hear, "Islam is light" now I've been told it's there. But perhaps it's, "Islam is lite" in fact a criticism of the religion. FWIW I can't hear anything about Satan at all.
10-20-2008, 04:22 PM
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