Kid is the English word for a baby goat, so there’s nothing wrong or ambitious with the image.
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Valmond@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Just FY, killing is the name of a baby goat.
ikon106@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
That’s what the picture says. Kid means baby/child goat
wander1236@sh.itjust.works 2 months 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
ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world 2 months ago
But the kid does live in the barn with the other goats. Unless it's a human child type kid. Then it's less obvious if it lives in the barn or in a house next to it.
lemmyman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Much clearer now thank you
ObviouslyNotBanana@piefed.world 2 months ago
Det är ingen ko på isen!
gerryflap@feddit.nl 2 months ago
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.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
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.
gerryflap@feddit.nl 2 months ago
Not sure tbh. I think I’m quite a bit above Dutch average, though definitely not amazing at it either. From these I’d know kitten, puppy, calf, foal, lamb, piglet, chick, cub and fawn. Though kitten, puppy, calf, and lamb are similar or equal to the Dutch word. No idea what “kit” is. But I wouldn’t use some of these words myself because they’re not really part of my normal speaking/writing vocabulary.
lemmyman@lemmy.world 2 months ago
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.