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Subject:
bf vs. b-f
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"katherine a. dettwyler" <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 3 Apr 1996 15:00:13 -0600
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>Margery Wilson writes:
>Ruth, ILCA studied this issue-- Kathy A. weren't you on the committee? As I
>recall, "breastfeeding" was the decision. We (ILCA) seem to stand alone on
>the spelling, since all spell-check systems, dictionaries and style manuals
>seem to want a hyphen. Yet another hill to climb, we shall overcome... ;-}


Anthropologists have been spelling it without the hyphen for a long time.  :)
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Katherine A. Dettwyler, Ph.D.                         email: [log in to unmask]
Anthropology Department                               phone: (409) 845-5256
Texas A&M University                                    fax: (409) 845-4070
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