No politics, soapboxing, or agenda based submissions. Any sources (blog, article, press release, video, etc.) with a publication date more recent than two months are not allowed. No personal opinions, anecdotes or subjective statements (e.g "TIL xyz is a great movie"). Videos are fine so long as they come from reputable sources (e.g. Images alone do not count as valid references. Please link directly to a reliable source that supports every claim in your post title. Submit interesting and specific facts that you just found out (not broad information you looked up, TodayILearned is not /r/wikipedia). This is clearly a situation where somebody is reading something into it.You learn something new every day what did you learn today? ``My opinion is, it’s pretty accurate Teletubby-speak for those who watch the program. In the Hasbro line of dolls, each character has a little screen on its tummy that, when squeezed, says recorded phrases like ``hug me″ and ``bye-bye.″Ĭhris Byrne, editor of Playthings MarketWatch, a leading toy trade publication, defended the dolls. The stuffed multi-colored dolls wear fuzzy rompers with different-shaped antennas on their hoods. Po is a talking ``Teletubby,″ along with Dipsy, Laa-Laa and Tinky, all characters developed for a popular British television show which premiered in the United States last April. The store on Thursday declined to comment if there were other complaints following that incident. ``I was very upset,″ said Sipher, who had planned to give to her 14-month old granddaughter as a Christmas present.
In Watertown, N.Y., last month, one doll was removed from the store after Brenda Sipher of Rodman, N.Y., complained that the recording contained an offensive slur. ``It is very difficult to discern what that one was saying.″ ``We were just trying to head off any potential problems,″ said Dean May, president of the store chain with four stores. Potruck.Īmid concerns that shoppers could be offended, Dallas-based Arlington Toy Enterprises pulled the Po dolls off its shelves and sent them back to Hasbro. Obviously, if anyone has any problem with the dolls we’ll take them back,″ said Ms. ``But, I think a lot of people are buying the dolls because they’re cute and they’re not familiar with the series.″ ``Each Teletubby has its own gibberish,″ said Eileen Potruck, a spokeswoman for itsy bitsy.
But toymaker Hasbro, which manufacturers the stuffed doll, started earlier this month inserting language cards in each doll’s box to familiarize people with the Teletubby language.
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