by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 06/17/2017 at 15:52
by "Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
Published 06/17/2017 at 15:52
Tags: Bovine
STARS: 2
I’ve been at an agricultural show (that would be a county fair for those unfamiliar with the phrase) and have seen there agricultural things.
Like this rather splendid bovine animal. Now, city dwellers out there, would you call this creature a cow?
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
06/17/2017 at 15:57, STARS: 5
male bull
female cow
"Chinny Raccoon" (chinnyraccoon)
06/17/2017 at 16:05, STARS: 0
Steer if he’s sans nadgers, although that’s obviously not the case here.
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/17/2017 at 16:07, STARS: 0
I’d call it hamburgers (some assembly required)
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/17/2017 at 16:09, STARS: 0
Ikea hamburgers!
"For Sweden" (rallybeetle)
06/17/2017 at 16:10, STARS: 0
Like cows and chickens, the best hamburgers are spherical
"$kaycog" (skaycog)
06/17/2017 at 16:15, STARS: 0
That’s a lot of bull!
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/17/2017 at 16:16, STARS: 0
Köttbullar!!!
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/17/2017 at 16:19, STARS: 0
a Hereford (where hurricanes hardly happen)?
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 0
Quite likely.
You’d be surprised how many would say “oh, a cow!” despite the obvious bull equipment...
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 16:22, STARS: 0
Now, can you pronounce that??
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 16:23, STARS: 1
Yes, one could say that, if one’s eyes were drawn to the er, bull equipment.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0
Bullock on my side of the pond though.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/17/2017 at 16:28, STARS: 0
I can try....
Having checked a youtube video on how to pronounce it, it seems I failed. :(
I assumed it to be a more harsh K sound, instead of the softer Ch sound.
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/17/2017 at 16:29, STARS: 0
Well, simply calling it “bull” or “cow” would be the equivalent of a Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder SWB being referred to here as “a sportscar”, right?
By the way - any chances the animal in question told you the colour of the boathouse...? (Maybe there was no boathouse, of course.)
"AuthiCooper1300" (rexrod)
06/17/2017 at 16:36, STARS: 0
as in “speed limited” or as in young bull?
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 16:51, STARS: 2
Swedish, you see, has its little peculiarities. K followed by a slender vowel - i,e,y,ä,ö - is a “sh” or “sch” sound. G followed by the same vowels is like the y in “yes”. Except that some people pronounce it like the English “j”.
Never attempt “sj”.
"Highlander-Datsuns are Forever" (jamesbowland)
06/17/2017 at 16:57, STARS: 0
A bunch of male and female cows/bulls/steer’s are called cattle. And watch the fuck out most bulls are supreme ass holes I can’t believe it’s just tied up like that, usually you want them in a steel pen.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 17:04, STARS: 0
I’ve never seen bulls penned at shows, nor can I remember problems resulting from having them just tied by the nose to something.
"EngineerWithTools" (engineerwithtools)
06/17/2017 at 17:45, STARS: 0
Some disassembly required first...
"gmporschenut also a fan of hondas" (gmporschenut)
06/17/2017 at 21:01, STARS: 0
To find out you should reach under and give a good yank.
"KevlarRx7" (kevlarsupra)
06/18/2017 at 03:40, STARS: 0
Young bull = bullock
Young cow = heffer
Bull without nuts = steer
And that in the picture is a Hereford bull, quite docile as bulls go, a Holstein bull would probably need to be penned.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/18/2017 at 04:43, STARS: 0
Ah, but names vary throughout the English speaking world. Here it goes:
Ex bull = bullock
Cow who hasn’t yet calved = heifer
We don’t often say steer.
"KevlarRx7" (kevlarsupra)
06/18/2017 at 05:38, STARS: 0
True true, but a heffer is a cow under two years old, and they normally calf at around two years old.
"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/18/2017 at 18:31, STARS: 0
Ah, but heifer definitions vary. In America a cow under two or three (it varies) is a heifer. Our definition is a cow who hasn’t calved regardless of age (although she will necessarily be young).