SC - Pigs revisited-long

[Decker, Terry D.]

> LrdRas at aol.com writes:
> 
> > is unique.I do
> >  not, however, think he meant it to be viewed as sensational. The fact
> that 
> > the
> >  word he used is 'pig' and not 'hog' is what I find significant. He was
> not
> >  stating that hogs that large were unsual. He was clearly staing that he
> 
> > found
> >  the story of a 'pig' that large unusual. I agree with him.
> 
> Okay, I'm teachable.  What is the difference between a "hog" and a "pig"?
> I was taught as a young city girl marrying into a farm family that a pig
> was
> under 100 lbs., and a hog was over.  
> 
> Mordonna
> 
Thinking about this, I would first question the quality of the translation
and second I would wonder if Platina is trying to describe a species
differentiation without having the proper vocabulary to do so.

When did we start differentiating between a pig and a hog by the weight of
the animal?

Bear 
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