Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 19:43:46 GMT

From: "Warren A. Brewer" NCUT054[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]TWNMOE10.BITNET

Subject: Pigtails



Dispute here over female hairstyles.



Pattern A Pattern B



(1) Pigtail(s) +braided -braided

(2) Braid(s) +braided +braided

(3) Ponytail -braided -braided



The dispute is over the meaning of pigtails . For me, pigtails =

braids , & therefore are both [+braided]; for a colleague (Maine) &

his wife (NY), braids are indeed [+braided], but (incroyablement)

pigtails is the dual of ponytail , for which I have a lexical

gap.



Standard dictionaries seem to indicate pattern A. How widespread

is pattern B?

---Wab.