Oh Virginia I love it!  I also think it is so appropriate that those from
the UK call them "dummies."  Sincerely, Pat in SNJ
Another use of terms which annoys me is "The baby is using the breast as a
dummy (pacifier)".   Grrr!!!  So entrenched is this idea, in this
dummy-using society (Australia), that sometimes when I gently correct the
mother and suggest that other babies are using the pacifier as a breast,
they look at me as if I'm crazy, or take offence.

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