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Post by scint on Mar 26, 2019 3:17:15 GMT -5
Seeing as calico is finally being used in the series, which term do you prefer? I prefer calico, mainly because it's the term I'm used to and because it doesn't take up as much space in the allegiances.
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Post by Brindlefern on Mar 26, 2019 3:43:29 GMT -5
Calico because it's easier to visualize for me and has a different distinction "Tortoiseshell"-anything makes me envision with cats, especially if you expect me to draw the cat. Like... you expect me to look at Turtle Tail, a mostly white tri-color and think "Tortoiseshell"? :P Rhetorical question obviously do not answer that.
They technically mean the same thing, but because I'm 'merican I prefer the american term and am more familiar with it as a result.
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Mar 26, 2019 3:58:58 GMT -5
Calico is so much better and shorter
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Post by lollycat on Mar 26, 2019 7:23:49 GMT -5
Calico cats are domestic cats with a spotted or particolored coat that is predominantly white, with patches of two other colors (often orange and black, sometimes gray). Tortoiseshell cats combine two colors other than white, either closely mixed or in larger patches. The colors are often described as red and black, but the "red" patches can instead be orange, yellow, or cream, and the "black" can instead be chocolate, grey, tabby, or blue. Yes I did cut and paste from the internet. But what I see as a Calico is a cat that has 3 colors and white being the main color. With Tortoiseshell has no white or a very small amount. So to me these are two different colors for cats. I have a Tortoiseshell, no white, and she is a sweet 14 year old lady.
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Post by kinkajou on Mar 26, 2019 13:09:24 GMT -5
I imagine calico cats and tortoiseshell and white cats looking different so it depends which the cat in question looks like (calicos are 50% or more white I think)
The only cat besides Hoppaw I imagine as calico is Sorreltail for some reason
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2019 13:33:28 GMT -5
Calico. It's less of a mouthful to say.
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Post by embertuft on Mar 26, 2019 15:14:27 GMT -5
Don’t really mind, don’t really care.
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Post by Falconfrost on Mar 27, 2019 10:52:43 GMT -5
wow alot of people chose no preference
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Post by Dancing_Totodile on Mar 27, 2019 11:59:43 GMT -5
Calico
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Post by ᏞᎪᎠᎽ Ꮎf fᎪᏁᎠᎾms ミ☆ on Mar 27, 2019 12:07:56 GMT -5
Hmm...I kinda thought this over and I think some of y'all are right? Tortoiseshell might be different... Tortoiseshell: Calico:
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