Idiom question

[Mark_Mandel at DRAGONSYS.COM]

Jim Smith wrote:

>>>
I've been told, by someone who used it in the wrong
place (England) and was strongly reprimanded, that
"holy cow" is an insulting (no kidding!) reference to
the Queen of England.
<<<

Hmph. Not bloody likely... as coming from the people who think "bloody" is a
blasphemy!  ;-)\

But Seriously Folks, that one does sound very strange. Has anyone else heard of
it?

   Mark A. Mandel : Senior Linguist and Manager of Acoustic Data
         Mark_Mandel at dragonsys.com : Dragon Systems, Inc.
 320 Nevada St., Newton, MA 02460, USA : http://www.dragonsys.com/
                     (speaking for myself)