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09/09/2013
話說「豬豬」piggy
叫人做豬，中英文一樣，不一定帶惡意。許多人且會用「豬豬」、piggy 作暱稱。本篇主打講piggyback，指孭着、揹着。上世紀BB 車還未普遍，許多婦女帶嬰兒出街，就用一條背帶揹着娃娃。那也是一款piggyback。
娃娃長大了點，可以「騎膊馬」，英文怎麼講？ 有網上字典譯做「on shoulder-horse」，那是錯的。英文的騎膊馬， 與馬無關， 仍然係講piggyback！Piggyback 解”a ride on someone’s back and shoulders”，騎在別人的背及肩膊上，亦即涵蓋騎膊馬的姿勢。
Piggyback 在文法上有多款用法：
名詞： Give me a piggyback up the stairs.
形容詞： He gave his little brother a piggyback ride.
動詞： I will piggyback you all the way.
助動詞： The fireman had to carry the old man piggyback.
因為這個孭着的畫面，piggyback 更可用在有關的意象，包括：
? 以大孭小： The political heavyweight piggybacked a minor candidate in the election. 那重磅政治人物在選舉中，孭着個次要的候選人。亦即是說，被孭者是「靠大佬上位」。
? 一前一後： We finally grabbed two piggyback seats for the concert. 我們終於搶到音樂會兩個一前一後的座位。譬如說，第一行5 號位，第二行也是5 號位。?順勢去，有着數： The new hotel is set to piggyback on growing tourist numbers. 新酒店順着旅客人數上升之勢，期待好生意。這句話裏頭，很有點我們口語「食正條水」之意。
?抽水：The bank’s advertisement piggybacks on the presidential election outcome. 這銀行廣告，以總統選舉結果「抽水」。怎麼個抽法呢？網上看到這銀行宣布改名的廣告字眼，是：
“America has a new president and America’s most convenient bank has a new name（美國有個新總统，美國最方便的銀行有個新名字）!＂
順帶一提，piggyback 話說本來與豬豬無關， 原話係pick-a-back （ 今日仍有人用）、pick-a-pack，指「拿起一物」；就像pitch a tent（架起帳篷）的用字格式。後來不知怎地，pick-a 的發音，就變了今天的piggy。