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January 23, 2012, 05:25 PM
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Piggy wig
I saw something like "There in a wood a piggy wig stood etc...." and I don´t understand it. Can anybody help?
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January 23, 2012, 06:55 PM
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Where did you see it? Years ago I heard piggy wiggy used as a cute term for a pig, in books designed to be read aloud to very young children. However, piggy wig as in your example, does a better job of preserving the rhythm of the phrase when said out loud. So it could be the same meaning.
Last edited by Glen; January 23, 2012 at 06:59 PM.
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January 23, 2012, 07:22 PM
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The words come from a poem entitled "The Owl and the Pussycat," by Edward Lear.
The 'piggy-wig' in the poem is a pig (one that happens to have a ring in its nose). It was probably coined by the poet to fit the meter.
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January 24, 2012, 03:15 AM
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It's worth watching as a simple exercise in English:
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January 26, 2012, 02:00 PM
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¡Reírse a carcajadas! En mí estado (Carolina del Sur) tenemos unos súper mercados con esto nombre: Piggly Wiggly.
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