On Wed, 28 Aug 2019 at 15:37, Martin Koppenhoefer <[email protected]> wrote:
> > With regard to pig sty referring to an outdoor enclosure: the dictionary > says it can mean both, a small building or outside area where pigs are > kept. This is similar to German where, AFAIK, the outdoor areas associated > with an animal building, may be comprised in the term (be seen as part of > it). > I suppose it depends which dictionary you look at. Also, English dictionaries are descriptive, not prescriptive. It seems common (to me, but this isn't a topic I generally discuss, so it's not a good statistical sample) that sty usually refers to a building and pen to an enclosure, but the dictionaries I've looked at say sty means either building or enclosure. AFAIK this is a “modern” pigsty (not very suitable for the animals, > although they live in small families they don’t have earth to move), it’s > called slatted floor type. > > https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/pigs-are-seen-in-a-pigsty-at-a-farm-in-pluduno-western-france-on-2-picture-id465455096 > As far as I can tell, that's classes as a piggery in British English. And since it's far more common than the old style sty, I think we probably need to acknowledge it. Whether we need a formal vote beforehand or not, the wiki page ought to list it as a type of farm building. more happy pigs to be found here (supposedly) > https://www.naturalpigfarming.com/low%20res%2060/IMG_1385.jpg > And that is a pig pen. But, according to some, also a pig sty. An enclosure rather than a building. Do we have a good way of mapping enclosures? There are sheep folds as well as pig pens. -- Paul
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