Weird to learn that "piglet" is so recent. Think of how many historical novels ought to have used "hogling" or "gruntling."Weird to learn that "piglet" is so recent. Think of how many historical novels ought to have used "hogling" or "gruntling."

I think we should go back to Hogling

My mother grew up on a Minnesota farm. In school she learned that little pigs are called “piglets”. Farmers called them “little pigs”.

My grandad called them piglings.