• Valmond@lemmy.world
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    Just FY, killing is the name of a baby goat.

    Edit: as it states “the swedish word for kid is killing” which is ambiguous IMO because the swedish word for kid is barn!

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      24 hours ago

      Kid is the name for baby goat in English, so context clues are enough here to know it’s not talking about a human child

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        But the kid does live in the barn with the other goats. Unless it’s a human child type kid (swe: barn). Then it’s less obvious if it lives in the barn or in a house next to it.

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        Uhmmm maybe it’s because I’m not native English or just dumb, but this wording confused me greatly. I figured that young goat was the only interpretation that made sense since the image didn’t show a human kid, but for non-native speakers like me it’s a bit of a weird sentence.

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          How common would you say knowing names of baby animals in English are for most Dutch speakers (I’m assuming that’s what you speak because of your instance)? I’m guessing kitten and puppy are pretty common, but what about farm animals like calf, foal, lamb, piglet, or chick? And then you’ve got forest animals like cub, fawn, or kit.

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        In that one Pink Floyd song when the teacher is yelling “go on, get the kids!” They are talking to a goatherd, and later on they implore the young goats to eat their meat so they can have their pudding.

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      23 hours ago

      Kid is the English word for a baby goat, so there’s nothing wrong or ambitious with the image.

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    24 hours ago

    Luckily there is no cow on the ice since our kids don’t have easy access to guns. Otherwise someone would really had shit in the blue cabinet.