Sheep in french is mouton. Pig is porc and cow is boeuf. Squid is calmar
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Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year agoLamb (the meat) is specifically young sheep, which are also called lambs. Adult sheep are called sheep, but the meat is called mutton.
English makes no sense.
kaput@jlai.lu 1 year ago
ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
As a teacher of English…I agree.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
one of my english teachers in highschool was actually ESL, and from Croatia. She spoke like seven or eight languages, though. It was funny, because occasionally she’d just slip into whatever random language.
She also liked to swear in french. it was truly hair raising. Incidentally, she also refused to use the ‘standard’ books reading. She’d probably get banned in half the country these days, but she genuinely was probably the best English teacher I’ve had. also the best french teacher ;)
kspatlas@kbin.cafe 1 year ago
As a bilingual, switching into other languages by accident often sounds insane, like you're just talking and then "Oh shit, that was the wrong language"
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yeah. I mean, I don’t think I ever made a huge deal over it. there were definitely jerks that did though. (and also trolled her to the point of swearing in other languages… I felt bad about that. Especially looking back because I don’t think school admin had her back with those kids.)
ABCDE@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I have a couple of languages I curse in so I don’t get caught, usually Khmer or Portuguese, though the latter is pretty widely spoken/understood.
master5o1@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
Hogget for in between.
Oh…, maybe not.
BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 1 year ago
It gets even weirder. As a New Zealander, we would never say hogget for meat for the consumer (unless you went to a 'proper butcher), Farmers/Butchers will call 1-2 y/o sheep hoggets though.
livus@kbin.social 1 year ago
Might depend on where you're from. I have memories of my mother getting angry "this isn't lamb it's hogget" when she tasted it.
Dave@lemmy.nz 1 year ago
Or a two-tooth 🙂
I agree, I would call the meat of a two-tooth hogget, but if you wanted to buy it in the shop, well I’m not sure you could find it.
Strayce@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I’m from Australia and I’ve never heard that one. I don’t eat lamb (or sheep. Or mutton. Or whatever.) though, so maybe I’m not the best judge.