Agricultural matters

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse)
06/17/2017 at 15:52 • Filed to: Bovine

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?

DISCUSSION (24)

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 15:57

male bull

female cow

Chinny Raccoon > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
06/17/2017 at 16:05

Steer if he’s sans nadgers, although that’s obviously not the case here.

For Sweden > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:07

I’d call it hamburgers (some assembly required)

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > For Sweden
06/17/2017 at 16:09

Ikea hamburgers!

For Sweden > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
06/17/2017 at 16:10

Like cows and chickens, the best hamburgers are spherical

$kaycog > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:15

That’s a lot of bull!

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > For Sweden
06/17/2017 at 16:16

Köttbullar!!!

AuthiCooper1300 > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:19

a Hereford (where hurricanes hardly happen)?

Cé hé sin > AuthiCooper1300
06/17/2017 at 16:22

Quite likely.

You’d be surprised how many would say “oh, a cow!” despite the obvious bull equipment...

Cé hé sin > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
06/17/2017 at 16:22

Now, can you pronounce that??

Cé hé sin > $kaycog
06/17/2017 at 16:23

Yes, one could say that, if one’s eyes were drawn to the er, bull equipment.

Cé hé sin > Chinny Raccoon
06/17/2017 at 16:24

Bullock on my side of the pond though.

BvdV - The Dutch Engineer > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:28

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 > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:29

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 > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:36

as in “speed limited” or as in young bull?

Cé hé sin > BvdV - The Dutch Engineer
06/17/2017 at 16:51

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 > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 16:57

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 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever
06/17/2017 at 17:04

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 > For Sweden
06/17/2017 at 17:45

Some disassembly required first...

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Cé hé sin
06/17/2017 at 21:01

To find out you should reach under and give a good yank.

KevlarRx7 > Cé hé sin
06/18/2017 at 03:40

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 > KevlarRx7
06/18/2017 at 04:43

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 > Cé hé sin
06/18/2017 at 05:38

True true, but a heffer is a cow under two years old, and they normally calf at around two years old.

Cé hé sin > KevlarRx7
06/18/2017 at 18:31

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).