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[edit] External links
as the link is dead. :/
John Aubrey made a passing reference to the first tabby cats ever seen in England, ca. early 17th century, a gift from Cyprus-- to whom? Can't remember which of Aubrey's Brief Lives I'm remembering... --Wetman 22:05, 11 Jun 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mohamed?
Wouldn't it be in arabic, does arabic have an M?
I had the same thought. See the entry on Arabic Alphabet. The "M" sound does have a corresponding grapheme but it in no ways looks like the roman character "M". So whoever came up with the reference to Mohamed was either a convert or a hoaxter.
I've reverted the article, as the Mohammed legend is reference on various pages. See Google for details. Out of curiosity, does aramaic have a letter which resembles the Latin 'M', and if so, was that the character used to write the first initial of Mary's name? If not, the Christian legend needs to be removed too.
Of course, since both are merely legends and not fact, I would argue that both should remain. Taking away one when both are probably not true smacks of dogmatism.
Phil webster 21:02, 5 December 2005 (UTC)
In the year of Jesus' birth, that entire area was under the control of the Roman empire, and the common language was Greek, not Aramaic or Arabic. Jesus and his mother both primarily would have spoken Greek, although surely they would have spoken Aramaic as well. Aramaic was more of a religious language at the time. (Comparable to Latin in the early Catholic church.) What would Mary's name have been in Greek? The capital "mu" does look exactly like the Latin M. Visitor:Aaron Hagans 03:59, 10/27/07
[edit] My Fluffy Kitty
I love my fluffy kitty. --Boycottthecaf 04:56, 29 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] patterns
I see mentions of ticked, and mackerel but I don't see anyone mentioning mitted tabbies. my cat is a mitted mackerel tabby.
[edit] Photos
There are too many photos in this article and they're all of mackerel tabbies. Per WP:NOT, Wikipedia is not a collection of photos, so most of these should go. We should really only have photos that clearly display the different tabby patterns (mackerel, classic, ticked, spotted). For any more pictures, people can go look at Commons:Category:Tabby cats. howcheng {chat} 21:47, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Asian Tabby?
Is there such a tabby called an Asain Tabby? I'm because I think 1 of my cats is an Asian tabby. she has the charcteristic of an Asian cat (skinny, very loud) Angelofdeath275 21:40, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
- No, tabby only refers to the pattern of stripes you see on a cat, and there are only four. howcheng {chat} 22:01, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] One more photo
About remove my image.. I don't understand what is the problem. It is my photo and it says so. I thought it would be nice to see a tabby cat at the cat Show. Klarissae 00:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
- You've got a cute cat, Klarissae, and that always makes for a nice image, but the trouble is that everybody wants to upload a picture of their cat, and if everyone did that, the page would turn into yet another photo gallery of cute cat pictures. Even this in itself might not be so awful (though definitely not encyclopedic), if it weren't for the fact that pictures take up a lot of memory space and people with slow connections have trouble opening really big pages. For what it's worth, I nearly re-reverted and put your picture back up before I realized we had another good shot of a mackerel tabby, right at the top of the page. Buck Mulligan 02:24, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
Thank you for your answer, I understand better now.. This is not my cat, but he really impressed judges at the Cat Show, so I photographed him. Klarissae 11:29, 18 March 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Buff Tabby
Could some information on the buff tabby coloration be added? 68.43.152.39 20:15, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
- A buff tabby is the same as a cream tabby, which is a dilute orange tabby. This not a different tabby pattern, just a color. This article only covers patterns, not colors. howcheng {chat} 21:11, 2 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Attabiyah
Source for this? Brownturkey (talk) 19:02, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
