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By: Voices without Votes » Babbling Doll Offensive to American Parents

Voices without Votes » Babbling Doll Offensive to American Parents — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:39:33 +0000

[...] on the incident, Global Voices Online Morocco author Jillian York writes on Kabobfest: To most of us, just yet another annoying doll that makes unrealistic sounds and drives parents [...]

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:34:00 +0000

I listened, and it’s gibberish. You can hear the “ight” sound, but no full words and certainly no sentences.

By: xoggoth

xoggoth — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:15:00 +0000

It would be amazing fun to sneak into the factory and program them with lots of rude words but then I have a very childish South Park sense of humour.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 07:30:00 +0000

xoggoth,

According to the article I linked to in the first paragraph, Fisher Price says that although there’s a word which may sound like “light” or “night,” the only scripted word for the doll is “mama.”

By: xoggoth

xoggoth — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 05:13:00 +0000

Certainly sounded like it on a news program I saw. In all the guff on this I cannot make out if anyone has asked Fisher price what it is supposed to be saying?

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:40:00 +0000

This is one more fringe benefit of an Obama presidency; during Clinton’s turn in the white house, the right looked increasingly deranged in the eyes of American moderates as they freaked out. Remember the militia movements? Clinton fucked up the good run with an unfortunate blowjob from a Jappy girl, sure, but Obama will do better. The Obama = Antichrist folks will drive off moderate conservatives and we might see the beginnings of a permanent Democratic majority…