Is It the Year of the Goat or Another Animal in the Chinese Zodiac?

[jtbell]

Chinese Lunar New Year confusion (BBC News)

Here's what one goat thinks of the matter:

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I am immediately hiring the goat as head of security for PF! :D

 

[zoobyshoe]

I am immediately hiring the goat as head of security for PF! :D

I guess you don't speak goat. If you realized what he said there, jtbell would have an infraction for posting it.

 

[Evo]

I think that goat has posted here before...

 

[StatGuy2000]

According to the Chinese, this the year of the yang, a word which in the Mandarin Chinese language can refer to both sheep and goats, with shanyang referring specifically to goats and mianyang referring specifically to sheep. So whether the year is called the Year of the Sheep or Year of the Goat depends on culture.

In Japan, the year is referred as "hitsujidoshi" or "Year of the Sheep", unambiguously (same in Korea and Mongolia), whereas in Vietnam, the year is referred unambiguously as "Year of the Goat". In China, people in southern China refer to it as "Year of the Goat", whereas people in northern China refer to it as "Year of the Sheep". Which makes sense, since there are more goats in southern China than sheep, and vice versa for northern China.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat_(zodiac)

 

[Vanadium 50]

I think that goat has posted here before...

Sure it was the same goat? Lots of old goats around.