ponytail

[Gabea]

Hi everyone!

Please, could you tell me if these sentences are OK and sound natural? Let's suppose a mother is telling her child this:

- Tie your hair in a ponytail.
- Tie your hair up in a ponytail.
- Put your hair up in a ponytail.

Thank you very much.

 

[heypresto]

Yes, yes, and yes.

 

[Gabea]

Yes, yes, and yes.

Is there any big difference in meaning among them?

 

[sdgraham]

Is there any big difference in meaning among them?

The ponytail will look the same as the result of each.

 

[Gabea]

Thanks! Very clear!

 

[GreenWhiteBlue]

The only difference that would occur to me is that "put your hair up in a ponytail" suggests that the hair is gathered near the top of the head, while the others do not suggest that so strongly.

Here we see the Duchess of Cambridge, who has tied her hair up in a ponytail:

Here we see Araina Grande, who has put her hair up in a ponytail:

 

[Gabea]

WOW! Thanks!

I have one more question! What about these options?

- Do your hair in a ponytail.
- Do your hair up in a ponytail.

Would the meaning stay the same? Are these two options colloquial/natural too?

 

[heypresto]

Hmmm. They don't quite work for me.


But then I'm just a man. What do I know?

 

[Packard]

Tight ponytails are reputed to cause headaches. But I'm just a bald man. What do I know?

 

[Roxxxannne]

Tight ponytails are reputed to cause headaches. But I'm just a bald man. What do I know?

The only difference that would occur to me is that "put your hair up in a ponytail" suggests that the hair is gathered near the top of the head, while the others do not suggest that so strongly.

Here we see the Duchess of Cambridge, who has tied her hair up in a ponytail:

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Here we see Araina Grande, who has put her hair up in a ponytail:

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I'd say 'put your hair in a ponytail.' There's no tying involved in my part of the world.

 

[Packard]

I'd say 'put your hair in a ponytail.' There's no tying involved in my part of the world.

A scrunchie is not "tying"?

 

[Myridon]

A scrunchie is not "tying"?

A scrunchie is an elastic band hidden in some fabric. There's no tying. You could, however, tie a ribbon around your ponytail, but that's usually done after you use an elastic band - it takes more than two hands to hold the hair together and tie a knot in a ribbon.
Some hairstyles actually do involve sort of a loose knot in the hair which might also be tying.

 

[Packard]

A scrunchie is an elastic band hidden in some fabric. There's no tying. You could, however, tie a ribbon around your ponytail, but that's usually done after you use an elastic band - it takes more than two hands to hold the hair together and tie a knot in a ribbon.
Some hairstyles actually do involve sort of a loose knot in the hair which might also be tying.

I know what it is. But they typically double or triple the scrunchie to make it shorter and in my mind that amounts to "tying".

 

[Roxxxannne]

A scrunchie is not "tying"?

Whoa, I just bumped into a corner here. Didn't even see it.
To me, that is hair gathered at the nape of the neck and held with a scrunchie.
Also, scrunchies don't tie, they wrap.

Cross-posted with Myridon

 

[Roxxxannne]

I know what it is. But they typically double or triple the scrunchie to make it shorter and in my mind that amounts to "tying".

It might be "tying" but it's not tying.

 

[Gabea]

Sorry but I'm a bit confused now... Please, could you help me to clarify this?

Would you agree that a common/natural way to say it would be:

"Put your hair in a ponytail"?
and
"Put your hair up in a ponytail"? (maybe this one suggests that the hair is gathered near the top of the head, as GreenWhiteBlue explained above)

Thank you very much