If there's more than one of 'em.
So one on each side is a pigtail? Why did the pig get that weird honour?
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§ ita § - Feb 18, 2005 12:03:25 pm PST #9057 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Alibelle - Feb 18, 2005 12:04:59 pm PST #9058 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Isn't that the one in "Waiting in the Wings"?
I believe so. It's been a long time since I saw that episode, though.
What's a pigtail (as opposed to the ponytail?)?
A ponytail is one gather, in the back of your head. Pigtails is when you have a ponytail on each side of your head, therefore there are two ponytails. It is a look favored for two year old girls.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2005 12:04:59 pm PST #9059 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Why did the pig get that weird honour?
My guess is that pigtails tend to be more curly.
tommyrot - Feb 18, 2005 12:05:58 pm PST #9060 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
So what's a ponytail that sticks straight up from the top of one's head called?
eta: A Wendy Lou Who?
Gus - Feb 18, 2005 12:06:30 pm PST #9061 of 10002
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Pigtail has to do with curliness of the tail, right? Plurals aside.
§ ita § - Feb 18, 2005 12:07:42 pm PST #9062 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
My guess is that pigtails tend to be more curly.
Because there's less hair? Is that typical of straight hair?
Alibelle - Feb 18, 2005 12:07:47 pm PST #9063 of 10002
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
So what's a ponytail that sticks straight up from the top of one's head called?
eta: A Wendy Lou Who?
A ponytail, high up on the head. One on the side of the head would be a side ponytail.
sarameg - Feb 18, 2005 12:07:53 pm PST #9064 of 10002
I always called 2 braids pigtails.
Emily - Feb 18, 2005 12:07:53 pm PST #9065 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
Cause they're curlier?
kat perez - Feb 18, 2005 12:10:15 pm PST #9066 of 10002
"We have trust issues." Mylar
So one on each side is a pigtail? Why did the pig get that weird honour?
This is according to Straight Dope:
The first use of the term pigtail was, of course, to refer to the tail of a pig. By the mid-1600s, however, it had taken on the added meaning of tobacco twisted into a thin string (that looked like a pig's tail.)
From there, the term was used to describe a "plait or queue of hair hanging down from the back of the head," especially for sailors and soldiers, in the late 18th and early 19th century. The Oxford English Dictionary cites this usage as early as 1750s. Usually, it was just one pigtail. The further and later nautical use of pigtail refers to a short length of rope (1894.)
The term was also used as a derogatory reference to Chinese in the late 1800s. The pigtail was a mark of political enslavement to the Manchu dynasty, and westerners made fun of the Chinese hair style. The pigtail was abolished in China in 1911 when the Manchu dynasty was overthrown in favor of the Republic.
The term used for one braid was then obviously applied (in plural) to the hairstyle of two braids.
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