XPost: rec.puzzles, alt.usage.english   
   From: larry@invalid.ca   
      
   On 2025-11-16 18:50, Tony Cooper wrote:   
   > On Sun, 16 Nov 2025 17:28:51 -0600, lar3ryca  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 2025-11-16 02:29, Jeff Barnett wrote:   
   >>> On 11/16/2025 12:23 AM, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> (Is the following True?)   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The phrase “a CH over six foot” likely refers to a "CH" being a   
   >>>> shorthand for "cattle horse" or possibly "Clydesdale horse," where   
   >>>> "over six foot" indicates the height of the horse, measuring over six   
   >>>> feet tall at the withers (the ridge between the shoulder blades).   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> In contexts involving horses, height is typically measured in hands,   
   >>>> where one hand equals four inches. Thus, "over six foot" would mean   
   >>>> that the horse is quite tall, likely intended to convey an impressive   
   >>>> stature. If this is related to something else, please provide more   
   >>>> context!   
   >>>   
   >>> I presume(?) you found this expression in a context including horses. If   
   >>> so, why not say more about that context? If not, why did you assume   
   >>> anything like the above? I may be missing something here but it seems   
   >>> like the question is totally from left field. By the way, I don't know   
   >>> where the cliche "from left field" comes so add that to the questions   
   >>> being asked here.   
   >>   
   >> A CH is a very small distance.; much less than an inch.   
   >> It is said that a BCH or an RCH  is the smallest, but I have done no   
   >> research on it, though I would like to.   
   >>   
   >> At the risk of offending Stefan, I will tell you that I learned of this   
   >> measurement when serving in the RCAF.   
   >>   
   >> CH stands for 'Cunt Hair'   
   >> A BCH is a blonde one, and an RCH is a red one.   
   >>   
   >> The phrase was very common in the RCAF and not quite as common in the   
   >> civilian population.   
   >   
   > It was obvious from context that it referred to measurement, but a   
   > "cunt hair" was not the unit of measurement that came to my mind.   
      
   Got curious and looked it up....   
   https://www.onelook.com/?loc=olthes1&w=RCH   
      
   Noun: Initialism of red cunt hair (slang, vulgar) An extremely small   
   measurement.   
      
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