Eli5 Why can light not carry sound?

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From my very limited understanding sound is basically the vibrations in particles/atoms/ whatever, and light is some sort of weird mix between energy and very small particles, so why can light not carry sound? ( sorry if grammar/wording is bad high)

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Light can carry sounds, but not the way you think. We can use light to carry information about sound, but need a device to interpret it. That’s what radio is, for example – converting sound to light waves, broadcasting them, and using machines to take that information and reproduce the original sound.

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