Whoa! I have never seen this translation!

>Marie and Lactnetters,
>    And the old King James Version of the Christian gospels actually says:
>"Blessed is the womb that bore you and the *paps* that you have sucked" -
>paps being cereal-based breastmilk substitutes common at the time of this
>English translation (early 1600s).  A case of the translater fitting his
>version in with the non-breastfeeding custom of his own time!
>Translations can be funny things, espec. in reflecting the translator's
>own time and attitudes.
>   Cheers,
>         Virginia
>         Virginia Thorley    [log in to unmask]
>



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