Ponytails or pigtails?

[MosMom]

We say if it is one (whether braided or not) it is a pony tail. Two or more are pig tails.

 

[cajunmommy]

1 = ponytail

2 = pigtail (some reason I keep getting visual image of Cindy Brady!!)

Might be a bit old-fashioned, but still hear braids referred to as plaits.

 

[Melora]

When did a pig get 2 tails???????

I have always said that a pony tail looks like a pony's tail.... straight

and a pig tail (regardless of how many) is braided like a curly pig tail....

Makes the most sense ot me!!

But I think it s a matter of what you've been taught....

(but I still want to know when a pig got 2 tails!)

 

[MAGICinMYHEART]

1 = ponytail
2 = pigtail
Braids=braids
Sorry, this is what I've always called them.

 

[disneygals]

1 in back...ponytail
2 on sides....puppy ears

braid is a braid

I don't use "pigtails", but when I think of it...2 braids


Vivienne

 

[Blondie]

I say if it is braided, whether it is one braid or more than one, it is a pigtail or pigtails. It can't be a pigtail unless it is braided. If you have hair on either side of your head in elastics and the hair is not braided, then you have ponytails.

Ditto!

 

[MerryPoppins]

Originally posted by Melora
When did a pig get 2 tails???????

The same could be said about ponytails. When did a pony get two tails?

Puppy ears make the most sense for two "tails", but I've never heard of that one before.

 

[Disney Ella]

Originally posted by MerryPoppins
Puppy ears make the most sense for two "tails", but I've never heard of that one before.

I like that one, MerryPoppins! I'm going to start asking my kids if they want puppy ears!

 

[WilmaBud]

I've always said non-braided tails are "pony tails," and braided tails are "pigtails." If the hair isn't braided, and it's in rubberbands (one or two) it looks like a pony's tail or tails. If it's braided, it looks all curly, like a pig's tail or tails. That's what's most logical to me. So, I say you are right, Disney Ella!

 

[cats mom]

1 = Ponytail
2 = Pigtails
1 braided = Braided Pony
2 braided = Braided Piggy tails

 

[caitycaity]

Originally posted by MerryPoppins
I always say ponytail if there is one and pigtails if there are two. Doesn't matter to me if they are braided or not.

i agree.

 

[MerryPoppins]

We seem really divided on this one. I wonder if it's a regional thing? Interesting.

 

[skuttle]

I'm another 1=pony and 2=pig and to me, braids are braids.

 

[mommytotwo]

I thought that if there is one, then it is a ponytail and if there is two-one of each side it is a pig tail.

 

[klmklm]

1 unbraided = ponytail
2 unbraided = puptails
1 braided = braid
2 braided = pigtails

I guess I have the whole zoo...

 

[KathyTX]

1 unbraided = ponytail

2 unbraided = dogears (don't know why- that's what my mom called them... Maybe because mine were long and floppy?)

1 braided = braid

2 braided = pigtails

 

[mom2boys]

Originally posted by Melora
When did a pig get 2 tails???????

I have always said that a pony tail looks like a pony's tail.... straight

and a pig tail (regardless of how many) is braided like a curly pig tail....

Makes the most sense ot me!!

But I think it s a matter of what you've been taught....

(but I still want to know when a pig got 2 tails!)

My thoughts exactly! Pigs only have ONE tail - at least around here

And if ther is more than one ponytail, they are ponytails; more than one pigtail, they are pigtails.

 

[Pam]

I side with the OP on this one!

Braided hair = pigtails
Hair in an elastic holder = ponytails

 

[Nutsy]

It's a Pony Tail or Pony Tails when it is held at the head by a rubber band or something similar.

If it is braided it is called a Plait.

That's what we call them here anyway.

 

[tiggersmom2]

1= pony tail
2=pig tails
Any type of a braid = plait