• doctordevice@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    Lol, months later. You posted to a cat community, don’t get upset when people call you out on using cat terms incorrectly. The better response is to learn and not repeat the mistake. Calling it petty pedantry is absurd.

    Tortoiseshell in the context of cats has a specific meaning. if you don’t care to learn what that meaning is, it’s easy to just not use the term.

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      6 days ago

      pedant /pĕd′nt/

      noun

      1. One who ostentatiously exhibits academic knowledge or who pays undue attention to minor details or formal rules.

      It was 't a mistake. I used an adjective which describes the pattern on my cat. Your argument is entirely pedantic.

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        6 days ago

        You used an adjective that describes a pattern that isn’t on your cat. That’s not a minor detail of your post. You’re the one trying, and failing, to be a pedant.