Pig out
Marks & Spencer wrote to an ice cream parlour in Hertfordshire demanding that it stop calling one of its products ‘Perky Pig’ on the grounds that it infringed the chain’s copyright of Percy Pigs, which it has been selling since 1992. Some more onomatopoeic porcines:
– Pierre Pig: collectible plastic figurines introduced by Fabuland in 1984. The characters in the series also included Pat Pig, Peter Pig and Patricia Piglet.
– Peppa Pig: children’s TV series first broadcast on Channel 5 in 2004, and favourite of former PM Boris Johnson.
– Percival Pig Finds His Manners: children’s book published in the US in 2014.
– Percival, the Performing Pig: children’s play by Dilys Owen.
– Perry Pig Jump: Nintendo game brought out in 2019.
– Pamela Pig Has Lost Her Oink: literacy aid for three- to five-year-olds available for download on the Tes website.
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