On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:19:51 GMT, (Mirjam
Bruck-Cohen) wrote:

I wondered ? Bitch was never such a Nice name ,,,, and people used to
be insulted if called bitch ...

Bitch as a noun is still considered insulting, but bitch as a verb was
never insulting. "To bitch" means to complain loudly, and it was
always used without offense, even when I was young (when language was
a lot more constrained). People say, "Quit your bitchin' " or "Ain't
that a bitch?" (meaning "isn't that something really worth complaining
about?")

"Stitch and bitch" gives the impression of a group of people sitting
in a group, knitting and complaining about things, maybe about their
jobs or their spouses. It doesn't sound insulting.

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Barbara Vaughan

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