Originally posted by Cataholic
I will add, in support of PIF's post, I was the one that got personal first..and wasn't clear why people were directing their anger towards PIF, rather than me.

Other than that, I thought the term 'dummy' was the the word for our term- pacifier. I didn't take it to mean 'dummy' as in not smart. BUT, even still, dummy is hardly a major no-no in our language.
'threw her dummy out of her pram' does refer to a baby's dummy, the plastic toy with soft teat, I did not know of any other meanings.