[Vocabulary] Pigtails, ponytails or?

[englishhobby]

How can this girls's hairstyle be called? Does she have/wear pigtails (corrected), ponytails or is there a more exact word to describe it?

 

[bhaisahab]

Re: Piglets, ponytails or?

A piglet is a baby pig, not a hairstyle. Perhaps you mean pigtails.

 

[Roman55]

Re: Piglets, ponytails or?

I am not a teacher.

This style can also be called, 'bunches'.

 

[englishhobby]

Re: Piglets, ponytails or?

A piglet is a baby pig, not a hairstyle. Perhaps you mean pigtails.

Yes, that's right, it was an accidental mistake. So, can the word 'pigtails' be used to describe this hairstyle?

 

[Roman55]

Re: Piglets, ponytails or?

I am not a teacher.

Some people might call them pigtails, but normally a pigtail is plaited.

 

[bhaisahab]

Re: Piglets, ponytails or?

Some people do, I wouldn't. I call them "bunches".

 

[MikeNewYork]

I would call them "pigtails".

 

[Skrej]

I agree, I'd call them pigtails. A pony tail is gathered into a single, longer bunch at the back center of the head, where pigtails are smaller bunches gathered off to the sides of the head.

At least as far as I know - I have limited knowledge of hairstyles. Generally, if mine is long enough to need combing, it's time for a haircut. One summer as a young teen I did experiment with a rattail after losing a bet. At least it didn't involve a mullet. :roll:

 

[Rover_KE]

Where are our female members when we need them?

 

[emsr2d2]

Here I am!!

OK, in British English, those would be bunches. A ponytail is usually a single collection of all the hair at the back of the head. In the 1980s, many of us had one single ponytail pulled round to one side of the head - that was a "side ponytail". Pigtails are plaits, one on each side of the head (like bunches, but plaited), also just called "plaits".

 

[Skrej]

Despite being male, I suspect this may be another BrE vs. AmE vocabulary difference.

Ignore The *Guess Who - we need an American Woman!

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