Hello Kitty dictionary teaches children about South African necklace

The Hello Kitty children's dictionary is at the centre of a storm of words, for including the South African definition of the word "Necklace."

According to the UK's Mirror newspaper, the dictionary's first definition for the word is fine, simply saying it is a, “A piece of jewellery which a woman wears around her neck.”

The second definition reads “In South Africa, a name for a tyre filled with petrol which is placed round a person’s neck and set on fire in order to kill that person.”

Samantha Rawlins, the young mother who alerted the Mirror to the error, told the paper, “Hello Kitty is aimed at little girls with all the cute, cuddly animals and things. I didn’t think for a moment there would be anything like this in there.

“I know technically the description for necklace is right, but detailing horrific ways to kill people really isn’t appropriate, especially not for little children.”

The paper reports that Harper Collins, the company that publishes the book, has pulped all of its current copies, and that any that still have the error are old copies that are being resold.