Here on the border between El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, if you say "dar la teta" that means bottle-feeding! And it doesn't usually mean bottle feeding of mother's milk. "Dar el pecho" (giving the breast) is the most common and the more formal is "amamantar" . I guess this just proves that a language that is spoken in so many different countries needs to be tailored to the particular geographic area or you can go very very wrong. Lizabeth J. Berkeley, MPH, CHES, IBCLC Department of OB-Gyn Texas Tech Health Sciences Center 4800 Alberta Ave. El Paso, TX 79905 *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(R) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html