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Is there a reference for the second graf in etymology? It reads apocryphal to me.-- Andymussell 21:29, 12 November 2005 (UTC)
Sure 'nuff, I can't find a single confirming source anywhere. Somebody just put in an urban legend.
Agnellous 12:12, 2 October 2006 (UTC)
Escape Orbit: In relation to my edits of the etymology, I cannot cite anything because the theory just popped into my head whilst explaining something to the kids last week. Should I post it somewhere else and cite that, I think not. The theory fits too well not to be ignored. Mc 16:36, 11 March 2009 (CET) —Preceding unsigned comment added by BigMc ( talk • contribs)
Is there any possibility the modern piggy bank was intended as a whimsical play on "investing money in pork bellies"? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.127.52.204 ( talk) 23:10, 20 March 2013 (UTC)
This article http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-pig4.htm pretty much totally demolishes the etymology still being offered on the wiki, and considering Google kicks it up as the first answer to "piggy bank etymology", perhaps it ought to be vigorously deprecated. To quote the article "There is no record of a clay called pygg, whether orange or any other colour. The term pygg bank is not on record and piggy bank is only a century old." If anyone has access to a proper middle english or early modern english dictionary, perhaps this could be better determined. Samuel Johnson's dictionary is online, but by 1768 the word "pig" was already established (Johnson has an entry "piggin" - "in the northern provinces, a small vessel", which might correlate marginally with the apocryphal etymology). 172.103.138.179 ( talk) 13:51, 12 November 2018 (UTC)just some anonymous wiki user...
How many modern piggy banks have to be broken open? Mine has a removable flap on the pig's belly, so money can be retrieved easily. Joyous! | Talk 16:14, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
The "Famous Piggy Banks" section consists of a few American examples of where images of a piggy bank are used as icons. Is it really noteworthy that a couple of US TV game shows (none of which anyone outside of America will have heard of) make use of piggy banks in some of their rounds? The piggy bank is widely used as an icon throughout the world to signify anything to do with money or saving. It seems pointless to pick on a few obscure examples. 86.185.44.170 ( talk) 22:13, 8 November 2019 (UTC)
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"Piggy bank (sometimes penny bank or money box) is the traditional name (…)"; then, in Origins / Pig-shaped money box: "There are a number of folk etymologies regarding the English language term "piggy bank," but in fact, there is no clear origin for the phrase, which dates only to the 1940s." So is it traditional or relatively new?
Then: "The use of the name 'piggy bank' gave rise to its widely recognized 'pig' shape (…)" – this is at least counterintuitive, are there any sources explaining how it wasn't the converse? 89.64.80.240 ( talk) 19:15, 16 December 2021 (UTC)
Sure 'nuff, I can't find a single confirming source anywhere. Somebody just put in an urban legend 202.53.146.182 ( talk) 03:42, 12 July 2024 (UTC)