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Morgan Gallagher <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:04:23 +0100
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"Boob" and "booby" are linguistically more challenging in some cultures, 
like the UK, as they also mean 'idiot'.  In fact, idiot is the most 
common usage.

We also have the booby-prize - the idiot prize for those too stupid to 
pass the test.

So the word is 'common' and not attractive on several fronts.  Used as 
either an insult, or as a description of female breasts; it's a word of 
crudeness. Lower class, don't cha know.  :-)

Morgan Gallagher

Karleen Gribble wrote:
> What I found really interesting from my study of long-term 
> breastfeeding in Australia was the frequency with which "boobie" was 
> used for breastfeeding in comparison to similar research in the 
> US....it was by far the most common term used by breastfeeding 
> toddlers and young children in Australia, not so in the US. I think 
> that this is an indicator that we are a little more comfortable with 
> breasts and breastfeeding here, though far, far, far from having 
> problems, especially around perceptions of long-term 
> breastfeeding.....and don't get me started about adoptive 
> breastfeeding. Simply the mention of the title of my talk on adoptive 
> breastfeeding in our national adoption conference program led to some 
> serious lobbying of the conference organisers to withdraw my 
> presentation. They had additional moderators in my room to make sure 
> there was no trouble. I was a tad anxious about it all, but it was 
> fine, there were no hecklers in the audience.
> Karleen Gribble
> Australia

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