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Janet

In article >, says...
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> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
> > On 9/13/2018 10:47 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
> >> On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 18:46:29 -0600, graham > wrote:
> >
> >>> Even a cow like Serena?
> >>
> >> She is 5'9" and weighs 155. That is a BMI of 22.9.
> >
> > Wow, I haven't been following along, but calling Serena a cow???
> >
> >> Are you joking and trying to be funny in a very unfunny way?
> >
> > There is nothing funny about calling anyone names like that.
> >
> >> Osaka is 5'11" and weighs 152. BMI of 21.2.
> >>
> >> BMI is not an fully accurate reflection or health or stature, of
> >> course, but we are making direct comparisons here, not health
> >> comments.
> >
> > nancy
>
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> Yep, I have never heard any woman being called a cow where it was a
> compliment, it's disgusting IMO, inferring big, slow moving, stupid, and
> clumsy, which Serena definitely is not.

Graham, an ex-Brit iirc, is probably using it in the Brit slang
sense, which roughly translates as calling a woman a bitch.

Calling a woman a cow, isn't a reference to bovine similarities, nor
is calling her a bitch a reference to doglike qualities. Calling her a
bird, hen, duck,chick doesn't remotely imply she flies and has feathers.

Janet UK