"I've seen more goats in zodiac images, but I prefer to buy a sheep mascot, as sheep are more fluffy and lovely," he says.

他说：“在生肖图案里，山羊更常见，但我却更喜欢买绵羊吉祥物，因为绵羊毛茸茸的，非常可爱。”

However, the ambiguity has whipped up discussion in the West. A story run by the Associated Press said this year's animal "is subject to interpretation".

然而，这个模糊不清的概念却在西方引发讨论。美联社刊文称，今年的生肖动物还有待解读。

"We just had this discussion a few weeks ago. What exactly is it?" AP quoted a worker in Brooklyn Chinatown as saying. "It can be a ram, sheep or goat -- any ruminant mountain animal with horns."

美联社援引布鲁克林唐人街一名上班族的话称：“我们几周前刚讨论过这个问题。今年的生肖到底是什么？它可以是公羊、绵羊或者山羊，只要是山上长角的反刍动物都有可能。”

In England, the Manchester Evening News also posed the question: "Later this month, we will enter the Chinese Year of the Ram. Or should that be sheep? Or even Goat?"

英格兰《曼彻斯特晚报》也提出了这个问题：“月底我们就要跨入中国农历公羊年了，或者应该叫绵羊年？还是山羊年？”

Other media outlets, including Bloomberg, have described the coming Lunar New Year as the Year of the Sheep, Goat or Ram.

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