Round 5
Pacifier vs Dummy
Pray silence for a battle that's bound to end in tears and sleepless nights.
A tried, tested and frankly absolutely marvellous way of keeping a child quiet, is to give it the above.
In the United States, it's a PACIFIER. The word does exactly what it says on the tit. Tin! Tin! It turns a wailing, screaming, yelling child into a quiet, becalmed and delightful little darling.
In the United Kingdom, such a device is referred to as a DUMMY. A dummy nipple/tit if you please. Bit clunky, but you can see where it's come from. But dummy also means fake and a fool, which these wailing kids certainly aren't, for they are getting what they want by screaming their tiny lungs out.
So, by saying what it is without any subsidiary negativity, this round is going to American English.
USA 3.5
UK 1.5
Pacifier vs Dummy
Pray silence for a battle that's bound to end in tears and sleepless nights.
A tried, tested and frankly absolutely marvellous way of keeping a child quiet, is to give it the above.
In the United States, it's a PACIFIER. The word does exactly what it says on the tit. Tin! Tin! It turns a wailing, screaming, yelling child into a quiet, becalmed and delightful little darling.
In the United Kingdom, such a device is referred to as a DUMMY. A dummy nipple/tit if you please. Bit clunky, but you can see where it's come from. But dummy also means fake and a fool, which these wailing kids certainly aren't, for they are getting what they want by screaming their tiny lungs out.
So, by saying what it is without any subsidiary negativity, this round is going to American English.
USA 3.5
UK 1.5
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