Every Time I do the say command in terminal it shows and error message

Every time I use the say command in terminal it brings an error message but I does say the message why does it put the error message please help

This behavior appears to be arising with some 10.8.4 systems, based on some web searches.
Based on what I've found, there's no specific known trigger, nor any certain cure for this.
See if the discussion in this thread helps any with resolving the MTBEAudioUnitSoundOutput:: PropagateProperty Error -10851 error. 
From that discussion thread, please remove any anti-malware software that might be installed and test, and create a second and separate login user and log into that user and test the say command.  
Also test with the stock voices and not something that's been downloaded, and also (again, as a test, particularly if you're not using an English locale) see if switching your shell locale to the C locale (export LC_ALL=C) alters the behavior.
If the system is still under warranty or if you have AppleCare with this system, please call Apple support directly and ask.

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