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Graham

On 2018-09-13 9:48 AM, 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
>
Thank you Janet! It was a measured response to her appalling behaviour.