What does "Sheepish Goat" mean?
Is it a sarcasm making fun of somebody's accent?It's the remark of a YouTube video in which a mix-blood Australian named Jamie Zhu was pranking his Chinese father. His father's pronunciation of "Jamie" was like "Jaaaymie", very Chinese accent.

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What does "Sheepish Goat" mean?
Is it a sarcasm making fun of somebody's accent?It's the remark of a YouTube video in which a mix-blood Australian named Jamie Zhu was pranking his Chinese father. His father's pronunciation of "Jamie" was like "Jaaaymie", very Chinese accent.

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Without context, I'm not sure.  There are two natural interpretations:

1) a goat that resembles a sheep.
A: "That's a sheep."
B: "No, it's a goat."
A: "Oh! I guess you're right.  But it's a goat that looks like a sheep.  It's a very sheepish goat."

2) A goat that is feeling the emotion of sheepishness (=embarrassment after doing something bad)
"I'm sorry I ate your cabbages," said the goat.  "That's OK," I said, patting the sheepish goat on the head.  "Just try to control yourself next time.  Please don't eat my cabbages again."

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It's still not very clear. Sheep and Goats sound quite similar. Was the father particularly lean and wiry?

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It's not clear. I doubt it has anything to do with an accent. What is the context?

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