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[Graham Todd]

On Sun, 26 Jul 2009 21:52:13 +0100
Ignazio Palmisano <ignazio_io at yahoo.it> wrote:

> It's been brought to my attention that "hen party" may be understood
> as referring to a group of women in a denigrating way. I was unaware
> of that (hard to get all the nuances of a foreign language), so I
> apologize to anyone who felt that way; the intended meaning was this: 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_Party

I don't know of any reference that could be alluded to women in the UK
in a denigrating way by "a hen party".  My stepdaughter tonight came on
the phone to tell me she's home from her friend's hen party, and told me
(some of) what she got up to, and neither of us thought it denigrating.

I'm not saying that other cultures wouldn't find it so, but I don't
know which cultures they could be.  So, no need to apologise here.


-- 
Graham Todd