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.