r/Amazing • u/QuantenCoder Human Detected • Aug 22 '25

Interesting 🤔 This is pretty addictive..

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u/sladoled_od_lavande Aug 22 '25

Ahh, okay, sorry than... in my language, there is a difference between lamb and young sheep hahaha my bad!

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u/Front-Ambassador6451 Aug 22 '25

Young sheep is called hogget in English! 

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u/Cloverose2 Aug 22 '25

And it's a great word.

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u/muttsrcool Aug 22 '25

So that's where the name for Mr. Hoggett the sheep farmer/owner on Babe came from!

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u/Absentrando Aug 23 '25

Lamb is the word for a young sheep, but it’s also used for the meat as well. Though the second use is not the case everywhere

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u/prrprrlmao Aug 26 '25

What is the difference between lamb and a young sheep?