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Default BBC angle on Serena Williams tantrum

On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 16:48:42 +0100, Janet > wrote:

>In article >, says...
>>
>> "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

>>
>>
>> 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


I've referred to a few women as "Elsie", meant as a compliment.
I think cows are very sexual.